11-letter words containing m, h, o
- morphometry — (biology) the measurement of the form of organisms.
- morphotropy — the study of the changes in crystal structure that occur when chemicals replace one another
- moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
- moss stitch — a knitting stitch made up of alternate plain and purl stitches
- most-jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- moth orchid — any orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis, having thick, leathery leaves and loose clusters of flowers, usually white or tinged with rose or purple.
- mothballing — Present participle of mothball.
- mother lode — Mining. a rich or important lode.
- mother love — affection felt by a mother for her child
- mother ship — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherboard — a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Compare board (def 14).
- mothercraft — skill and knowledge in looking after children
- motherhouse — The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- motherships — Plural form of mothership.
- motherworts — Plural form of motherwort.
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- mothproofer — an agent that prevents moths from destroying materials or garments
- motor coach — a coach driven by an internal-combustion engine
- motor hotel — motel
- motor-mouth — a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.
- motormouths — Plural form of motormouth.
- mount athos — a mountainous peninsula in NE Greece: location of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, an autonomous administrative division of Greece since 1927; inhabited by Eastern Orthodox monks in about 20 monasteries, some founded in the 10th century; prohibited to women and children. Pop: 1942 (2001)
- mouse ahead — The point-and-click analog of "type ahead". To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in anticipation of the program accepting the input. Handling this properly is rare, but it can help make a WIMP environment much more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behaviour of the user interface.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- movie house — a motion-picture theater.
- mu shu pork — moo shu pork
- multiauthor — having numerous or many authors
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multiphoton — involving several photons
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mutton chop — cutlet of sheep's meat
- muttonchops — The whiskers on a man's cheek when shaped like a meat chop, narrow at the top and broad and rounded at the bottom.
- muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycotrophic — (of a plant) symbiotic with a fungus, esp a mycorrhizal fungus
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles