11-letter words containing g, o, r, m
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mimographer — a writer of mimes
- misgoverned — Simple past tense and past participle of misgovern.
- misordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- misorganize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- 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.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- modernising — Present participle of modernise.
- modernizing — Present participle of modernize.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- mondo grass — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ophiopogon, of the lily family, native to western Asia, especially O. japonicus, having grasslike leaves and lavender or white flowers.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- mongrelized — Simple past tense and past participle of mongrelize.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- monogermane — (chemistry) Germanium tetrahydride.
- monogrammed — Past participle of monogram.
- monogrammer — One who monograms.
- monogrammic — Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monseigneur — a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.
- montenegrin — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- montgolfier — a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
- moonlighter — the light of the moon.
- moore graph — A graph which achieves the Moore bound. These are complete graphs, polygon graphs (regular graphs of degree 2) and three others: (nodes, degree, diameter) = (10,3,2), (50,7,2) and the possible but undiscovered (3250,57,2).
- morgan city — a city in S Louisiana: headquarters for offshore oil drilling and base for shrimp fleet.
- morgan hill — a town in W California.
- morgenstern — a weapon consisting of a ball set with spikes attached to the end of a club, often attached by a chain
- morning gun — a gun fired at the first note of reveille.
- morning tea — a mid-morning snack with a cup of tea
- morningstar — Alternative spelling of morning star.
- morningtide — (poetic) Morning time.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphograph — A logical fragment of a word, such as prefix or suffix, used in teaching spelling.
- morphologic — Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
- mortalizing — Present participle of mortalize.
- motor lodge — motel.
- mount guard — If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.
- moussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1839–81, Russian composer.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- museumgoers — Plural form of museumgoer.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- myringotomy — surgical incision of the tympanic membrane.
- myrmecology — the branch of entomology dealing with ants.
- mythography — a written collection of myths.