11-letter words containing e, y, r
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- main memory — program-addressable storage that is directly controlled by and generally contained in the CPU: except for cache storage, the fastest type of storage available to any computer system.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marionberry — a cross between a loganberry and a blackberry
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- marmoreally — In a marmoreal fashion; like marble.
- mars yellow — a medium to deep orange-yellow color.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mary leakey — Louis Seymour Bazett [baz-it] /ˈbæz ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
- mass-energy — mass and energy considered as equivalent and interconvertible, according to the theory of relativity
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- materiality — material nature or quality.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- medley race — a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance
- memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
- memory card — a very small, portable electronic device for flash-memory data storage, as in a digital camera, cell phone, or digital media player.
- memory cell — any small, long-lived lymphocyte that has previously encountered a given antigen and that on reexposure to the same antigen rapidly initiates the immune response (memory T cell) or proliferates and produces large amounts of specific antibody (memory B cell) the agent of lasting immunity.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- memory foam — a polyurethane-containing material that adapts to the contours of the body, making it useful in supportive pillows, mattresses, soles and so on
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- memory leak — (programming) A leak in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim memory in the heap after it has finished using it, eventually causing the program to fail due to lack of memory. These problems were severe on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools were written to diagnose them. The introduction of virtual memory made memory leaks a less serious problem, although if you run out of virtual memory, it means you've got a *real* leak! See aliasing bug.
- memory loss — an impaired memory or amnesia
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mercilessly — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- mercury arc — a bluish-green electric arc that has passed through a mercury-vapor cathode.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- merry widow — a woman's undergarment consisting of a strapless brassiere and short corset with attached garters.
- merry-bells — bellwort.
- merrymakers — Plural form of merrymaker.
- merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
- mersey beat — the characteristic pop music of the Beatles and other groups from Liverpool in the 1960s
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- meteorology — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.