11-letter words containing m, o, n, s, u
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monoclinous — (of a plant, species, etc.) having both the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
- monoestrous — monestrous.
- monologuist — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- monostylous — having only one style.
- monseigneur — a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.
- monstrously — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
- montesquieu — (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu) 1689–1755, French philosophical writer.
- monticolous — existing or having a habitat in or on mountains
- mosquitoing — Present participle of mosquito.
- mossbunkers — Plural form of mossbunker.
- most-centum — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family of languages that show distinctive preservation of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelars and that show a historical development of velar articulations, as the sounds (k) or [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) from Proto-Indo-European palatal phonemes. The centum branches are Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Anatolian, and Tocharian.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- motoneurons — Plural form of motoneuron.
- mounds view — a town in E Minnesota.
- moundsville — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- mount athos — a mountainous peninsula in NE Greece: location of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, an autonomous administrative division of Greece since 1927; inhabited by Eastern Orthodox monks in about 20 monasteries, some founded in the 10th century; prohibited to women and children. Pop: 1942 (2001)
- mount sinai — the mountain where Moses received the Law from God (Exodus 19–20): often identified as Jebel Musa, sometimes as Jebel Serbal, both on the S Sinai Peninsula
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- mountainous — (of a region) having many mountains.
- mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
- moxibustion — (in Eastern medicine) the burning of moxa on or near a person’s skin as a counterirritant.
- multanimous — having many sides
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multipiston — having more than one piston
- multisonant — having many sounds
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- mussitation — silent movement of the lips in simulation of the movements made in audible speech.
- mutationist — a supporter of mutation theory as a means of explaining evolution
- mutilations — Plural form of mutilation.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- muttonchops — The whiskers on a man's cheek when shaped like a meat chop, narrow at the top and broad and rounded at the bottom.
- muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
- myelogenous — produced in the bone marrow.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neoptolemus — the son of Achilles, who slew Priam at the fall of Troy.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- non-legumes — any plant of the legume family, especially those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop.
- nonconsumer — a person who refrains from using or purchasing certain resources, products, or services
- noncustomer — a person who is not the customer of a particular establishment, or a person who does not buy a product or service