11-letter words containing m, p, s
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- make a pass — sports
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
- master tape — an original copy of an audio tape that can be used to produce other copies
- master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mauvais pas — a place that presents a particular difficulty on a climb or walk
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megaparsecs — Plural form of megaparsec.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- mellowspeak — bland or vague language associated with New Age philosophy
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memberships — Plural form of membership.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- menispermum — any of several tropical climbing plants of the genus Menispermum of the family Menispermaceae
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesonephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesopotamia — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.