11-letter words containing m, a, l, s
- musical box — music box.
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- musicalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of musicalize.
- musicalness — Quality of being musical.
- musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- muslin kail — barley broth or barley and vegetable soup.
- mussel crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mutableness — The quality of being mutable.
- mutilations — Plural form of mutilation.
- mutualistic — a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- myeloblasts — Plural form of myeloblast.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- mysticality — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- new realism — neorealism.
- nominalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nominalise.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- nonagesimal — (astronomy) The middle to highest point of a part of an ecliptic that is above the horizon at any period of time.
- nonmystical — not mystical
- normalising — Present participle of normalise.
- normalities — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleosomal — Of or pertaining to a nucleosome.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- originalism — The principle or belief that the original intent of an author should be adhered to in later interpretations of a work.
- ornamentals — Plural form of ornamental.
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- osteodermal — characterized by osteoderms
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pampelmoose — a large citrus fruit
- pan-islamic — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
- pan-slavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.