11-letter words containing o, s, m, e
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microscopes — Plural form of microscope.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- microseisms — Plural form of microseism.
- microsensor — a miniature electronic device used to detect changes in the environment.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- microspores — Plural form of microspore.
- microstress — a stress in the microstructure of a metal, as one caused by the distortion of space lattices.
- microsystem — A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- mignonettes — Plural form of mignonette.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mimosaceous — belonging to the Mimosaceae, now regarded as a subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the legume family.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- 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.
- minoritised — Simple past tense and past participle of minoritise.
- miphiboseth — Mephibosheth.
- mirror lens — a lens of long focal length in which some of the lens elements are replaced by mirrors in order to shorten its overall length and reduce its weight
- mirror site — (networking) An archive site or website which keeps a copy of some or all files at another site so as to make them more quickly available and to reduce the load on the source site. It is generally best to use the mirror that is physically closest to you as this will usually give the fastest download. Such mirroring is usually done for specific whole directories or files on a specific remote server as opposed to a cache or proxy server which keeps copies of everything that is requested via it. For example, src.doc.ic.ac.uk is the main UK mirror for the GNU archive at gnu.org.
- mirrorscope — (dated) A slide projector.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdevotion — mistaken devotion
- misdiagnose — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.