11-letter words containing n, o, e, c, m
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- mezlocillin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 1 H 2 5 N 5 O 8 S 2 , used parenterally in the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- micromanage — to manage or control with excessive attention to minor details.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- 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.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minocycline — a long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C 2 3 H 2 7 N 3 O 7 , derived from tetracycline.
- minor piece — a bishop or knight.
- 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.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misoneistic — hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
- mnemotechny — The study and practice of improving one\u2019s memory.
- 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.
- modernistic — modern.
- monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- money cowry — a tropical marine gastropod, Cypraea moneta
- monocentric — Having a single centre.
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monogenetic — of or relating to monogenesis; monogenous.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monotechnic — of or offering instruction in a single scientific or technical subject.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- mont cervin — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- monte corno — a mountain in central Italy: highest peak in the Apennines, 9585 feet (2922 meters).
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- montmorency — Anne [an;; French an] /æn;; French an/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1493–1567, French marshal: constable of France 1537.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- 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.