11-letter words containing d, o, r, m
- molendinary — a mill
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- mollydooker — (UK, Australia, slang) A left-handed person.
- 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)
- moorbuzzard — a bird of prey known as the marsh harrier, Circus Aeruginosus
- 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.
- morbidities — a morbid state or quality.
- morcellated — Simple past tense and past participle of morcellate.
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- morningtide — (poetic) Morning time.
- mortadellas — Plural form of mortadella.
- mortal mind — the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death. Compare mind (def 19).
- mortarboard — a board, usually square, used by masons to hold mortar.
- most-deform — deformed; ugly.
- moth orchid — any orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis, having thick, leathery leaves and loose clusters of flowers, usually white or tinged with rose or purple.
- mother lode — Mining. a rich or important lode.
- motherboard — a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Compare board (def 14).
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- motor drive — a mechanical system, including an electric motor, used to operate a machine or machines.
- motor lodge — motel.
- motorcycled — Simple past tense and past participle of motorcycle.
- mount guard — If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- move around — be mobile, active
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- 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.
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.