11-letter words containing m, a, c, n
- endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.
- endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
- enhancement — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- erotomaniac — A person suffering from erotomania (in either sense).
- escapements — Plural form of escapement.
- escarpments — Plural form of escarpment.
- escheatment — (legal) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- exclamation — A sudden cry or remark, especially expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
- excremental — Of or pertaining to excrement.
- falconiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc.
- fancy woman — an immoral woman, especially a man's mistress.
- fax machine — facsimile machine
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- formication — a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
- francomania — an obsession with France or French things
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
- game-change — a dramatic change in course, strategy, basic character, etc.: Her feelings for him have undergone a game-change.
- gamechanger — A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
- gametogenic — Of or pertaining to gametogenesis.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- genetic map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geomagnetic — of or relating to geomagnetism.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- go commando — to wear no underpants
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- grand march — the opening ceremonies of a formal ball, in which guests promenade into or around the ballroom.
- greco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- hatchet man — a professional murderer.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.