11-letter words containing s, o, u, a
- mount athos — a mountainous peninsula in NE Greece: location of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, an autonomous administrative division of Greece since 1927; inhabited by Eastern Orthodox monks in about 20 monasteries, some founded in the 10th century; prohibited to women and children. Pop: 1942 (2001)
- mount sinai — the mountain where Moses received the Law from God (Exodus 19–20): often identified as Jebel Musa, sometimes as Jebel Serbal, both on the S Sinai Peninsula
- mountainous — (of a region) having many mountains.
- mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
- mouse ahead — The point-and-click analog of "type ahead". To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in anticipation of the program accepting the input. Handling this properly is rare, but it can help make a WIMP environment much more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behaviour of the user interface.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multanimous — having many sides
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multisonant — having many sounds
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- musical box — music box.
- musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- mussitation — silent movement of the lips in simulation of the movements made in audible speech.
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- mutationist — a supporter of mutation theory as a means of explaining evolution
- mutilations — Plural form of mutilation.
- muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- non-abusive — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- non-vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- normanesque — in the style of Norman architecture, a variety of Romanesque architecture.
- nose around — pry, snoop
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
- noun clause — a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.