11-letter words containing o, r, s, m
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- megacoaster — (informal) A rollercoaster with a height of between 200 and 299 feet.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megastardom — The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- memorialise — (British) alternative spelling of memorialize.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- memory loss — an impaired memory or amnesia
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- merdivorous — coprophagous.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- meritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merogenesis — schizogony
- mesoamerica — Anthropology, Archaeology. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesonephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- meteoritics — the science that deals with meteors.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- micro saint — (simulation) A general purpose simulation tool from US company Micro Analysis and Design.
- microarrays — Plural form of microarray.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcosmic — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcosmos — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.