11-letter words containing m, e, c
- excrementum — an item of waste material or rubbish
- exotericism — The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
- farm cheese — a mild, firm pressed cheese
- fax machine — facsimile machine
- feme covert — a married woman.
- femtosecond — One quadrillionth of a second.
- ferrocement — (of a boat hull) constructed of mortar troweled over a wire mesh that has been preshaped over a mold.
- ferrocerium — an alloy of 65 percent misch metal and 35 percent iron, used in flints for cigarette lighters.
- fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
- film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flame color — bright reddish-orange.
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- freddie mac — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
- fremescence — a dull or incipient rumbling or roaring sound
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
- game-change — a dramatic change in course, strategy, basic character, etc.: Her feelings for him have undergone a game-change.
- gamechanger — A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
- gametically — in a gametic manner
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametogenic — Of or pertaining to gametogenesis.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gemological — Of or pertaining to gemology.
- genetic map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geochemical — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geoeconomic — Of or pertaining to geoeconomics.
- geomagnetic — of or relating to geomagnetism.
- geomedicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the effect of geography on disease.
- geometrical — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- gig economy — an economic sector consisting of part-time, temporary, and freelance jobs: rapid growth of the online gig economy.
- gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- glimmer ice — new ice formed in cracks, holes, or depressions in older ice.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.