11-letter words containing n, e, o, r, m, a
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- marrow bean — a plump-seeded strain of the common field bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), grown for its dry, edible seeds
- marrow bone — Marrow bones are the bones of certain animals, especially cows, that contain a lot of bone marrow. They are used in cooking and in dog food.
- marrowbones — Plural form of marrowbone.
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- mavourneens — Plural form of mavourneen.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanoderma — (pathology) An unusual darkening of the skin.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- menorrhagia — excessive menstrual discharge.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- merovingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- metrifonate — an organophosphorus compound, C 4 H 8 Cl 3 O 4 P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
- micromanage — to manage or control with excessive attention to minor details.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- 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.
- minoritaire — a member of a minority in a political party
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misorganize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
- moderations — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- modern jazz — any of various styles of jazz that have evolved since the early 1940s and are marked generally by harmonic and rhythmic complexity, emphasis on chord progressions rather than melody, a tendency to draw on classical forms and styles, and eclectic, allusive melodic tags in improvisation. Also called progressive jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop.
- molendinary — a mill
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- monasteries — Plural form of monastery.
- money-maker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
- monkey bars — children's climbing frame
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monogermane — (chemistry) Germanium tetrahydride.