11-letter words containing l, a, g
- marginalist — somene who adheres to the theory of marginalism
- marginality — pertaining to a margin.
- marginalize — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marmalading — Present participle of marmalade.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- martyrology — the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
- mating ball — a writhing mass of snakes, usually composed of a single female and 10 or more males attempting to mate with her.
- mating call — a sound made by a bird or animal in order to attract a sexual partner
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- mcgillivray — Alexander, 1759?–93, Native American chief of the Creek nation.
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- medicolegal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- megaloblast — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megalomania — Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megamillion — (informal) A great number of millions.
- 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
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- megavoltage — A voltage in the region of millions of volts.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- meme plague — (philosophy) The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
- mentalising — Present participle of mentalise.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- midsagittal — At the middle of the sagittal plane.
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- milch glass — milk glass.
- milligramme — Obsolete spelling of milligram.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misdealings — Plural form of misdealing.
- mishandling — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mislabeling — Present participle of mislabel.
- misleadings — Plural form of misleading.
- mislearning — Present participle of mislearn.
- misplanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.