11-letter words containing m, e, c, l
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- plasma cell — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- price limit — the maximum that somebody is prepared to pay for something
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
- reclaimable — to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- reclaimably — in a reclaimable manner
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- ride cymbal — a medium-sized cymbal suspended over a set of drums, used for maintaining rhythm patterns since the advent of bop
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- salad cream — Salad cream is a pale-yellow creamy sauce that you eat with salad.
- sample case — a handheld container of samples of products used by a salesperson to show potential customers what is available
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- scale maker — a person who makes scales for weighing
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- semi-circle — A semi-circle is one half of a circle, or something having the shape of half a circle.
- semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.