11-letter words containing c, l, e, m, s
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- maltese cat — a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marcescible — prone to fade or decay
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- masterclass — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melba sauce — a clear raspberry sauce, used especially as a dessert topping.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mercilessly — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mescal bean — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Sophora secundiflora, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers and pods containing highly poisonous, bright red seeds.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- middlescent — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- mill chisel — a woodworking chisel having a blade more than 8 inches (20 cm) long.
- millicuries — Plural form of millicurie.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- misch metal — a pyrophoric alloy, containing approximately 50 percent cerium and 45 percent lanthanum, made from a mixture of various rare-earth chlorides by electrolysis.
- mit license — (legal, software) A popular open source software license. The MIT License is very permissive, allowing "any person ... to deal in the Software without restriction" as long as they preserve the copyright notice and the license itself. It also includes the usual disclaimers.
- model stock — Model stock is the maintenance of adequate levels of stock of an item so that an adequate supply is always available for selling.
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- most-caller — (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
- motorcycles — Plural form of motorcycle.
- multiaccess — a system in which several users are permitted to have apparently simultaneous access to a computer
- multicasted — Transmitted in the form of a multicast.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.