11-letter words containing d, o, r, m, n
- microdomain — (biology) Any of several small regions of a cell membrane that has a distinct structure and a distinct function.
- microdontia — abnormally small teeth.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- middle-born — neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.
- mill around — walk about
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- minor order — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
- minor triad — a triad consisting in root position of a root tone with a minor third and a perfect fifth above.
- minoritised — Simple past tense and past participle of minoritise.
- misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.
- misgoverned — Simple past tense and past participle of misgovern.
- misinformed — to give false or misleading information to.
- misjoinders — Plural form of misjoinder.
- misordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- moderations — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- modern jazz — any of various styles of jazz that have evolved since the early 1940s and are marked generally by harmonic and rhythmic complexity, emphasis on chord progressions rather than melody, a tendency to draw on classical forms and styles, and eclectic, allusive melodic tags in improvisation. Also called progressive jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop.
- modernising — Present participle of modernise.
- modernistic — modern.
- modernities — Plural form of modernity.
- modernizing — Present participle of modernize.
- molendinary — a mill
- mondo grass — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ophiopogon, of the lily family, native to western Asia, especially O. japonicus, having grasslike leaves and lavender or white flowers.
- money order — an order for the payment of money, as one issued by one bank or post office and payable at another.
- moneylender — a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.
- mongrelized — Simple past tense and past participle of mongrelize.
- monocardian — a creature that has only one heart
- monogrammed — Past participle of monogram.
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- monohybrids — Plural form of monohybrid.
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- monohydroxy — (of a molecule) containing one hydroxyl group.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- moore bound — An upper limit on the number of nodes in a regular graph of degree d>2 and diameter k:
- mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- morningtide — (poetic) Morning time.
- mortal mind — the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death. Compare mind (def 19).
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- mount guard — If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.
- move around — be mobile, active
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.