11-letter words containing c, o, s, m, l
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- 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.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- microvillus — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mills cross — a type of radio telescope consisting of two arrays of antennas perpendicular to each other.
- 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.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- 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.
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monoclinous — (of a plant, species, etc.) having both the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monticolous — existing or having a habitat in or on mountains
- mosaic gold — Chemistry. stannic sulfide.
- 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.
- mostaccioli — penne
- motorcycles — Plural form of motorcycle.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- music lover — sb who enjoys listening to music
- music stool — a stool you sit on when playing a musical instrument
- musical box — music box.
- mycologists — Plural form of mycologist.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nonmiscible — not capable of being mixed.
- nonmystical — not mystical
- nonsymbolic — not involving or using symbols
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleosomal — Of or pertaining to a nucleosome.
- nucleosomes — Plural form of nucleosome.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.