11-letter words containing n, o, m, y
- 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
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- microcolony — A microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria).
- minocycline — a long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C 2 3 H 2 7 N 3 O 7 , derived from tetracycline.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misogynists — Plural form of misogynist.
- mnemotechny — The study and practice of improving one\u2019s memory.
- moholy-nagy — László [las-loh;; Hungarian lahs-loh] /ˈlæs loʊ;; Hungarian ˈlɑs loʊ/ (Show IPA), or Ladislaus [lah-dis-lous] /ˈlɑ dɪsˌlaʊs/ (Show IPA), 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and photographer, in the U.S. after 1936.
- molendinary — a mill
- molybdenite — a soft, graphitelike mineral, molybdenum sulfide, MoS 2 , occurring in foliated masses or scales: the principal ore of molybdenum.
- molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- momentously — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- monadically — Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- money cowry — a tropical marine gastropod, Cypraea moneta
- money order — an order for the payment of money, as one issued by one bank or post office and payable at another.
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- money-loser — something which causes someone to lose money or to make a loss rather than a profit
- money-maker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moneylender — a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.
- moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
- moneymaking — profitable: a moneymaking scheme.
- monkey bars — children's climbing frame
- monkey fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- monkey sort — bogo-sort
- monkey suit — a tuxedo or full-dress suit.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- monkeyshine — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monodactyly — having only one digit or claw.
- monohybrids — Plural form of monohybrid.
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- monohydroxy — (of a molecule) containing one hydroxyl group.
- monomyarian — any bivalve mollusc of the group Monomyaria (or Monomya) that have a single posterior adductor muscle
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- monostylous — having only one style.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- monozygotic — developed from a single fertilized ovum, as identical twins.
- monstrosity — the state or character of being monstrous.