11-letter words containing e, n, c, r, a
- 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.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- 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.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- mexican war — the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846–48.
- michigander — 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.
- 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
- miscreation — miscreated.
- 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.
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- name-caller — a person who constantly resorts to name-calling.
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- natriuretic — excretion of sodium in the urine.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necessarian — (philosophy, theology) An adherent of necessarianism, an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.
- necessaries — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- necromancer — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- needlecraft — needlework.
- neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.