11-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lund simula — (language) A version of SIMULA from Lund Software House. Version 4.07. (FTP: rascal.ics.utexas.edu/misc/mac/programming/ no longer exists).
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- macrocyclic — having a ring structure consisting of more than 12 atoms.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magdalenian — of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnetotail — the narrow and elongated region of the magnetosphere of the earth or of another planet that extends in the direction away from the sun.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- maiden lady — an unmarried woman
- mail bridge — (messaging) A mail gateway that forwards electronic mail messages between two or more networks if they meet certain administrative criteria.
- mail filter — (messaging) A program which sorts and processes incoming mail based on patterns found in the mail headers.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- mailability — The characteristic of being mailable; the ability to be mailed.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- makebelieve — Alternative form of make-believe.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malariology — the study of malaria.
- malcolm iii — died 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93). He became king after Macbeth
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.