11-letter words containing m, e, g, a, l
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalize — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- medicolegal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- megaloblast — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megalomania — Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megamillion — (informal) A great number of millions.
- megan’s law — any of various statutes requiring that public notification be given of the whereabouts of persons who have been convicted of certain sexual crimes
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- megavoltage — A voltage in the region of millions of volts.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- meme plague — (philosophy) The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
- mentalising — Present participle of mentalise.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- milligramme — Obsolete spelling of milligram.
- misdealings — Plural form of misdealing.
- mislabeling — Present participle of mislabel.
- misleadings — Plural form of misleading.
- mislearning — Present participle of mislearn.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- missile gap — a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
- monongahela — a river flowing from N West Virginia through SW Pennsylvania into the Ohio River. 128 miles (205 km) long.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multijugate — (of a leaf) having several pairs of leaflets
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- namecalling — Alternative form of name-calling.
- nonagesimal — (astronomy) The middle to highest point of a part of an ecliptic that is above the horizon at any period of time.
- oil embargo — a prohibition of the trade of petroleum from one country to another
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull