11-letter words containing o, u, e, m
- make up for — compensate
- make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manoeuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- mare boreum — (Northern Sea) an area near the north pole of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mavourneens — Plural form of mavourneen.
- measure off — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- measure out — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
- medullation — the formation of a medullary sheath about a nerve fiber.
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- mellifluous — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- mellifulous — Misspelling of mellifluous.
- melodiously — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- memorandums — Plural form of memorandum.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- menaquinone — a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- merdivorous — coprophagous.
- meritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metasequoia — a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- 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.
- mimosaceous — belonging to the Mimosaceae, now regarded as a subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the legume family.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minute book — a book in which the minutes of a meeting are recorded