11-letter words containing e, n, a, c
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- loan office — an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.
- locust bean — carob.
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macromanage — (transitive) To manage using macro-management.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- madefaction — the process of making wet
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magnetician — a scientist who specialises in magnetism
- magnificent — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- main office — headquarters
- maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- make change — If you make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- malecontent — Obsolete spelling of malcontent.
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
- 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.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mangia-cake — a derogatory term for a White person of Anglo-Saxon origin, used among Italo-Canadians