11-letter words containing s, e, m, i, o
- 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).
- megadontism — macrodontia.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- melioidosis — a contagious pulmonary disease of rodents that is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei and is frequently transmitted to humans in moist climates of southeastern Asia.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- 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.
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memoisation — memo function
- memorialise — (British) alternative spelling of memorialize.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- meningiomas — Plural form of meningioma.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- 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.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesodontism — the condition of having medium-sized teeth.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesolimnion — an unfrozen lake's thermocline
- 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.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesopotamia — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- 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.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolise.
- metabolisms — Plural form of metabolism.
- metabolites — Plural form of metabolite.
- metabolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolize.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors