11-letter words containing m, i, l, o, n, s
- illusionism — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- immolations — Plural form of immolation.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- insomnolent — sleeplessness; insomnia: a troubled week of insomnolence.
- isle of man — Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- laminations — Plural form of lamination.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- limnologist — A specialist in limnology.
- lissomeness — The quality of being lissome.
- locomotions — Plural form of locomotion.
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longissimus — (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
- lost motion — motion of a machine or mechanism, especially a reciprocating one, during which no useful work is performed.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- 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.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesolimnion — an unfrozen lake's thermocline
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- mirror lens — a lens of long focal length in which some of the lens elements are replaced by mirrors in order to shorten its overall length and reduce its weight
- mislocation — to misplace.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- missolonghi — a town in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras: Byron died here 1824.
- modulations — Plural form of modulation.
- molestation — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monoblepsis — a condition of the eyesight in which there is no problem with vision when one eye is involved but there is impairment to vision that uses both eyes
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monoclinous — (of a plant, species, etc.) having both the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
- monolatrism — Belief in multiple deities but worship of only one.
- monolithism — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- monologuist — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- monopolised — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise.