11-letter words containing m, l, a
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megamillion — (informal) A great number of millions.
- megan’s law — any of various statutes requiring that public notification be given of the whereabouts of persons who have been convicted of certain sexual crimes
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- megavoltage — A voltage in the region of millions of volts.
- mehemet ali — 1769–1849, viceroy of Egypt 1805–48.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanoblast — an undifferentiated cell that develops into a melanophore or melanocyte.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- melanoderma — (pathology) An unusual darkening of the skin.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- melanosomes — Plural form of melanosome.
- melanterite — a green mineral, FeSO4.7H2O, composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate
- melba sauce — a clear raspberry sauce, used especially as a dessert topping.
- melba toast — narrow slices of thin, crisp toast.
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellowspeak — bland or vague language associated with New Age philosophy
- melodically — melodious.
- meltability — The state or quality of being meltable.
- meme plague — (philosophy) The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
- memorabilia — Objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, especially those associated with memorable people or events.
- memorialise — (British) alternative spelling of memorialize.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- memorialize — to commemorate.
- memorizable — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- memory leak — (programming) A leak in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim memory in the heap after it has finished using it, eventually causing the program to fail due to lack of memory. These problems were severe on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools were written to diagnose them. The introduction of virtual memory made memory leaks a less serious problem, although if you run out of virtual memory, it means you've got a *real* leak! See aliasing bug.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- mentalising — Present participle of mentalise.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalities — Plural form of mentality.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mentionable — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mescal bean — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Sophora secundiflora, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers and pods containing highly poisonous, bright red seeds.