11-letter words containing o, s, m, l
- monostylous — having only one style.
- monsoon low — the seasonal low found over most continents in summer and, to a lesser extent, over adjacent ocean areas in winter.
- monstrously — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
- monticolous — existing or having a habitat in or on mountains
- moonflowers — Plural form of moonflower.
- moore's law — (architecture) /morz law/ The observation, made in 1965 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore while preparing a speech, that each new memory integrated circuit contained roughly twice as much capacity as its predecessor, and each chip was released within 18-24 months of the previous chip. If this trend continued, he reasoned, computing power would rise exponentially with time. Moore's observation still holds in 1997 and is the basis for many performance forecasts. In 24 years the number of transistors on processor chips has increased by a factor of almost 2400, from 2300 on the Intel 4004 in 1971 to 5.5 million on the Pentium Pro in 1995 (doubling roughly every two years). Date Chip Transistors MIPS clock/MHz ----------------------------------------------- Nov 1971 4004 2300 0.06 0.108 Apr 1974 8080 6000 0.64 2 Jun 1978 8086 29000 0.75 10 Feb 1982 80286 134000 2.66 12 Oct 1985 386DX 275000 5 16 Apr 1989 80486 1200000 20 25 Mar 1993 Pentium 3100000 112 66 Nov 1995 Pentium Pro 5500000 428 200 ----------------------------------------------- Moore's Law has been (mis)interpreted to mean many things over the years. In particular, microprocessor performance has increased faster than the number of transistors per chip. The number of MIPS has, on average, doubled every 1.8 years for the past 25 years, or every 1.6 years for the last 10 years. While more recent processors have had wider data paths, which would correspond to an increase in transistor count, their performance has also increased due to increased clock rates. Chip density in transistors per unit area has increased less quickly - a factor of only 146 between the 4004 (12 mm^2) and the Pentium Pro (196 mm^2) (doubling every 3.3 years). Feature size has decreased from 10 to 0.35 microns which would give over 800 times as many transistors per unit. However, the automatic layout required to cope with the increased complexity is less efficient than the hand layout used for early processors. See also Parkinson's Law of Data.
- moral sense — the ability to determine the rightness or wrongness of actions.
- mortadellas — Plural form of mortadella.
- mortalities — Plural form of mortalitie.
- mosaic gold — Chemistry. stannic sulfide.
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- moss animal — bryozoan.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- most of all — above all else
- most-caller — (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
- most-livery — liverish.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- mostaccioli — penne
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- motorcycles — Plural form of motorcycle.
- motorsailer — A boat equipped with both sails and an engine.
- moundsville — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- mouse elbow — (jargon, medical) A tennis-elbow-like fatigue syndrome resulting from excessive use of a WIMP. Similarly, "mouse shoulder". GLS reports that he used to get this a lot before he taught himself to be ambimoustrous.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- movableness — The quality or state of being movable; mobility.
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- multanimous — having many sides
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multijugous — having several pairs, especially pairs of leaflets; multijugate
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multipiston — having more than one piston
- multisonant — having many sounds
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- multistorey — Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- murmurously — In a murmurous manner.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- museologist — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- music lover — sb who enjoys listening to music
- music stool — a stool you sit on when playing a musical instrument
- musical box — music box.
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
- musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.