11-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosmatic — Having a good sense of smell.
- madonnawise — in the manner of a Madonna
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- maggotiness — The state of being maggoty.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- magistrates — Plural form of magistrate.
- magistratic — relating to a magistrate
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- magnetising — Present participle of magnetise.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- magnisonant — high-sounding.
- mahasamadhi — the highest state of samadhi.
- maidenheads — Plural form of maidenhead.
- maidenhoods — Plural form of maidenhood.
- maidservant — a female servant.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- main street — a novel (1920) by Sinclair Lewis.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- mains water — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- mainstreams — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mainstream.
- maintainers — Plural form of maintainer.
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- maisonettes — Plural form of maisonette.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mandarinism — A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.