11-letter words containing g, e, m, s
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- maggotiness — The state of being maggoty.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- magistrates — Plural form of magistrate.
- maglemosean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnesstone — a lodestone
- magnetising — Present participle of magnetise.
- magnetosome — (biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- maltese dog — one of a breed of toy dogs having a long, straight, silky white coat.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manganesian — (chemistry) manganic.
- manganosite — (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.
- mangosteens — Plural form of mangosteen.
- manifesting — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- margravates — Plural form of margravate.
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- mascot rage — aggressive behaviour by mascots at sporting events
- mass-energy — mass and energy considered as equivalent and interconvertible, according to the theory of relativity
- mastigoneme — One of the lateral \"hairs\" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- meanderings — Plural form of meandering.
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- meaningness — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- means grass — Johnson grass.
- megacoaster — (informal) A rollercoaster with a height of between 200 and 299 feet.
- megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
- megadontism — macrodontia.
- megaloblast — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megan’s law — any of various statutes requiring that public notification be given of the whereabouts of persons who have been convicted of certain sexual crimes
- megaparsecs — Plural form of megaparsec.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megastardom — The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar.
- megatsunami — (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.