11-letter words containing m, a, l, s
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- 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.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- 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.
- maglemosean — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- 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
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- mallow rose — a rose mallow of the genus Hibiscus.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- maltese cat — a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
- maltese dog — one of a breed of toy dogs having a long, straight, silky white coat.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mandlestone — The amygdaloid.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.