11-letter words containing m, u, s, r, o
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- microporous — composed of or having extremely small pores.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- microvillus — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.
- misfortunes — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moisturiser — (British) alternative spelling of moisturizer.
- moisturized — Simple past tense and past participle of moisturize.
- moisturizer — a cosmetic preparation, as a cream or lotion, used to restore moisture to the skin, especially of the face and neck.
- moisturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moisturize.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monoestrous — monestrous.
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- monseigneur — a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.
- monstrously — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- moratoriums — Plural form of moratorium.
- mortiferous — deadly; fatal.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- mossbunkers — Plural form of mossbunker.
- motherhouse — The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
- motoneurons — Plural form of motoneuron.
- motormouths — Plural form of motormouth.
- moussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1839–81, Russian composer.
- mu shu pork — moo shu pork
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- multistorey — Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- murmurously — In a murmurous manner.
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- museumgoers — Plural form of museumgoer.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- music lover — sb who enjoys listening to music
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- muster roll — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.