11-letter words containing m, e, n, o
- melanoderma — (pathology) An unusual darkening of the skin.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- melanosomes — Plural form of melanosome.
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
- memoisation — memo function
- memoization — memo function
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- menaquinone — a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- mendication — The act or practice of begging; beggary.
- meningiomas — Plural form of meningioma.
- meningocele — a protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal column, forming a bulge or sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
- menorrhagia — excessive menstrual discharge.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mentionable — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- mentonniere — any of various plate pieces for protecting the lower part of the face, as a beaver.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- merogenesis — schizogony
- merogenetic — of or relating to schizogony
- meroterpene — (organic chemistry) Any compound, including many natural products, having a partial terpenoid structure.
- merovingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- mesobenthos — flora and fauna living at the bottom of seas 182 to 914 metres deep
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- mesodontism — the condition of having medium-sized teeth.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesolimnion — an unfrozen lake's thermocline
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesonephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metafiction — fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.