11-letter words containing e, n, c, a, m
- mendication — The act or practice of begging; beggary.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mercenaries — Plural form of mercenary.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mercenarism — the state of being a mercenary
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merchantman — a trading ship.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mescal bean — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Sophora secundiflora, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers and pods containing highly poisonous, bright red seeds.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- meta-centre — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metacenters — Plural form of metacenter.
- metacentric — Naval Architecture. of or relating to a metacenter.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metafiction — fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
- metagenetic — reproduction characterized by the alternation of a sexual generation and a generation that reproduces asexually; alternation of generations.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metavanadic — designating or relating to an acid, HVO4, that is an oxyacid of vanadium
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- mexican tea — a goosefoot, Chenopodium ambrosioides, having strong-smelling leaves sometimes used medicinally or as flavoring.
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- michigander — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- michiganite — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- micromanage — to manage or control with excessive attention to minor details.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- 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.
- miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
- miracle-man — a man who is capable of miraculous feats
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misfeasance — a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action.
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.