11-letter words containing s, a, l, c
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lucid emacs — Xemacs
- lucio costa — Lúcio [loo-syoo] /ˈlu syu/ (Show IPA), 1902–98, Brazilian architect, chief designer of Brasilia.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- maltese cat — a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marcescible — prone to fade or decay
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- masculinist — Characterized by or denoting attitudes or values held to be typical of men.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- masterclass — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melba sauce — a clear raspberry sauce, used especially as a dessert topping.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mescal bean — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Sophora secundiflora, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers and pods containing highly poisonous, bright red seeds.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- miasmically — in a miasmic manner
- milch glass — milk glass.
- 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.
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misbalanced — badly balanced