11-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosmatic — Having a good sense of smell.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mass action — Mass action is the effect when continuously adding reactants (= substances that are used in a reaction) to a reaction causes it to generate products continuously.
- mastication — The process of chewing.
- masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
- matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
- medications — Plural form of medication.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesoamerica — Anthropology, Archaeology. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- 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.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metasomatic — Of or pertaining to metasomatism.
- meteoritics — the science that deals with meteors.
- methodistic — Of or relating to methodists, or the Methodists.
- micro saint — (simulation) A general purpose simulation tool from US company Micro Analysis and Design.
- microarrays — Plural form of microarray.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcosmic — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcosmos — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.