11-letter words containing l, a, m, n, o
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanoblast — an undifferentiated cell that develops into a melanophore or melanocyte.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- melanoderma — (pathology) An unusual darkening of the skin.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- melanosomes — Plural form of melanosome.
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- 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.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mentionable — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- methanolate — Methoxide.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- mill around — walk about
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- model plane — a small-scale model of an aircraft, which may or may not be able to fly
- modulations — Plural form of modulation.
- 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.
- molendinary — a mill
- molestation — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- monadically — Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monel metal — any of various silvery corrosion-resistant alloys containing copper (28 per cent), nickel (67 per cent), and smaller quantities of such metals as iron, manganese, and aluminium
- monetizable — Able to be converted into cash with relative ease.
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.