11-letter words containing m, o, a, t
- megastardom — The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar.
- megatonnage — the destructive capacity of nuclear explosives as measured in megatons.
- megavoltage — A voltage in the region of millions of volts.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- 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.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- 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.
- memoisation — memo function
- memoization — memo function
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mendication — The act or practice of begging; beggary.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- 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.
- meprobamate — a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesopotamia — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metabolical — Alternative form of metabolic.
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolise.
- metabolisms — Plural form of metabolism.
- metabolites — Plural form of metabolite.
- metabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolize.
- metabolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolize.
- metabolomes — Plural form of metabolome.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metafiction — fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- metalloidal — metalloid
- metalworker — A person who shapes metal.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors