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11-letter words containing m, a, n, c, h

  • hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
  • hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
  • hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
  • ice machine — machine that makes ice cubes
  • impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
  • in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
  • inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
  • inhancement — Obsolete form of enhancement.
  • insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
  • intrathymic — Within the thymus.
  • ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
  • kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
  • kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
  • mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
  • machinating — Present participle of machinate.
  • machination — an act or instance of machinating.
  • machinators — Plural form of machinator.
  • machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
  • machine gun — automatic firearm
  • machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
  • machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
  • machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
  • machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
  • machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
  • macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
  • main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
  • main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
  • make change — If you make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
  • malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
  • manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
  • manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
  • march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
  • marcheshvan — Heshvan.
  • marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
  • match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
  • matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
  • mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
  • mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
  • mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
  • mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
  • melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
  • 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.
  • melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
  • menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
  • merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
  • merchanting — the act of selling commodities
  • merchantman — a trading ship.
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