11-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- microsensor — a miniature electronic device used to detect changes in the environment.
- middlescent — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- midsentence — Occurring in the middle of a sentence.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mincingness — Quality of being mincing.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscegenist — advocating miscegenation
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- mischieving — (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. (from 15th c.).
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misfeasance — a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action.
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- misoneistic — hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- mit license — (legal, software) A popular open source software license. The MIT License is very permissive, allowing "any person ... to deal in the Software without restriction" as long as they preserve the copyright notice and the license itself. It also includes the usual disclaimers.
- modernistic — modern.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- 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.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musicalness — Quality of being musical.
- myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nanoseconds — Plural form of nanosecond.
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- necessarian — (philosophy, theology) An adherent of necessarianism, an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.
- necessaries — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.