11-letter words containing s, e, r, m, o
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- meteoritics — the science that deals with meteors.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- 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.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- 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.
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.
- misericords — Plural form of misericord.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.