11-letter words containing m, e, r, c, h
- 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.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- 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.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- 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.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
- michigander — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- micromethod — the use of magnification, usually by using a microscope, for study or for performing mechanical operations on a very small scale.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- mothercraft — skill and knowledge in looking after children
- mouth ulcer — oral sore