11-letter words containing e, s, c, o, n
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- medications — Plural form of medication.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- microsensor — a miniature electronic device used to detect changes in the environment.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- 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.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misoneistic — hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
- modernistic — modern.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- most-centum — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nanoseconds — Plural form of nanosecond.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- necrobiosis — the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease.
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.