11-letter words containing g, y, m
- lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- magnanimity — the quality of being magnanimous.
- malariology — the study of malaria.
- malignantly — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- mammy wagon — a W African vehicle built on a lorry chassis, capable of carrying both passengers and goods
- marginality — pertaining to a margin.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- martyrology — the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- mass-energy — mass and energy considered as equivalent and interconvertible, according to the theory of relativity
- mcgillivray — Alexander, 1759?–93, Native American chief of the Creek nation.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- meteorology — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- methodology — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- miscarrying — Present participle of miscarry.
- misery guts — if you describe someone as a misery guts, you mean they are miserable when they could or should be happy
- misguidedly — misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
- misogynists — Plural form of misogynist.
- mistakingly — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- moholy-nagy — László [las-loh;; Hungarian lahs-loh] /ˈlæs loʊ;; Hungarian ˈlɑs loʊ/ (Show IPA), or Ladislaus [lah-dis-lous] /ˈlɑ dɪsˌlaʊs/ (Show IPA), 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and photographer, in the U.S. after 1936.
- 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.
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- moneymaking — profitable: a moneymaking scheme.
- monozygotic — developed from a single fertilized ovum, as identical twins.
- montego bay — a city in NW Jamaica: seaside resort.
- morgan city — a city in S Louisiana: headquarters for offshore oil drilling and base for shrimp fleet.
- 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.
- mr nice guy — a typically pleasant, likable person who avoids causing trouble or dissension (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- mrs. grundy — Mrs. a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multiplying — Present participle of multiply.
- mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycological — Of or pertaining to mycology.
- mycologists — Plural form of mycologist.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- myelogenous — produced in the bone marrow.