11-letter words containing m, e, r, c, i, l
- cremaillere — a trench or fortification constructed in an indented or saw-tooth pattern
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- criminalize — If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal.
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- elastomeric — Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embryologic — Embryological.
- empirically — Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
- film camera — a camera for taking moving pictures for a cinema film
- 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.
- flittermice — Plural form of flittermouset, an Alternative spelling of flitter-mouse.
- geometrical — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- glimmer ice — new ice formed in cracks, holes, or depressions in older ice.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- ice climber — a mountain climber who specializes in ascending frozen surfaces
- imperceable — not pierceable
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- imprecisely — In an imprecise manner.
- incremental — increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series: small, incremental tax hikes.
- infomercial — a long commercial that informs or instructs, especially in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor's brand of glue.
- isometrical — Dated form of isometric.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- lime-juicer — a British sailor.
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.