11-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mass action — Mass action is the effect when continuously adding reactants (= substances that are used in a reaction) to a reaction causes it to generate products continuously.
- mass medium — any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.
- massiveness — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- masson disk — a white disk on which a series of concentric gray circles appear to vanish intermittently when the disk is rotated, used for testing a person's fluctuation of attention and visual threshold.
- master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- masterminds — Plural form of mastermind.
- masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
- mastic tree — a small Mediterranean anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Pistacia lentiscus, that yields the resin mastic
- masticating — Present participle of masticate.
- mastication — The process of chewing.
- masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
- mastiff bat — any insectivorous bat of the family Molossidae, found in warm areas throughout the world, having a naked tail, folded ears, and small wings and most often seen running along the ground.
- mastigoneme — One of the lateral \"hairs\" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.
- mastoiditis — inflammation of the mastoid process.
- mastroianni — Marcello, 1924–96, Italian actor.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- materialise — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalism — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mathematise — express in mathematical terms
- matronising — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
- matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one
- matthiessen — Peter, 1927–2014, U.S. novelist and travel writer.
- maudlinness — The quality of being maudlin.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- mauvais pas — a place that presents a particular difficulty on a climb or walk
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- maximalists — Plural form of maximalist.
- mayonnaisey — Resembling mayonnaise; mayonnaiselike.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- meanderings — Plural form of meandering.
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- meaningness — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- mediastinal — a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body.
- mediastinum — a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body.
- mediateness — The state of being mediate.
- medicaments — Plural form of medicament.
- medications — Plural form of medication.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.