11-letter words containing m, y, e
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- emery paper — also sandpaper
- emery wheel — a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles
- emotionally — In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- emphyteutic — pertaining to emphyteusis
- empirically — Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
- employments — Plural form of employment.
- emulatively — So as to emulate.
- emulsifying — Present participle of emulsify.
- endemically — In an endemic manner.
- endemiology — the study of endemic disease
- endoenzymes — Plural form of endoenzyme.
- enemy alien — a citizen of one country living in another country with which it is at war, and viewed as suspect as a result
- enterectomy — surgical excision of part of the intestine
- enterostomy — An ileostomy or similar surgical operation in which the small intestine is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall or in another part of the intestine.
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- enzymolysis — a biochemical decomposition, such as a fermentation, that is catalysed by an enzyme
- ephemerally — In an ephemeral manner.
- epidemicity — The condition of being epidemic.
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.
- epithymetic — characterized by desire
- eponymously — In an eponymous manner; as in the named character of a book etc.
- erythraemia — polycythaemia vera
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- etymologies — Plural form of etymology.
- etymologise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of etymologize.
- etymologist — A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- etymologize — Give or trace the etymology of (a word).
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
- exclamatory — Of or relating to a sudden cry or remark, especially one expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
- exemplarily — In an exemplary manner; ideally, admirably.
- exemplarity — The quality of being exemplary.
- exophthalmy — Archaic form of exophthalmia.
- extemporary — Extemporaneous.
- eye make-up — cosmetics for the eyes, such as mascara and eyeliner
- family life — life with one's family; the part of one's life concerned with one's family
- family name — the hereditary surname of a family.
- family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
- file system — (operating system) (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.