11-letter words containing o, n, a, c, l
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- 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.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- monadically — Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monodactyly — having only one digit or claw.
- monological — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- moronically — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- mud volcano — a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- mural crown — a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- nanocrystal — A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
- narcodollar — Usually, narcodollars. money obtained through illegal drug trafficking.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- neocolonial — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nomadically — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- nomenclator — a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
- nomological — the science of law or laws.