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11-letter words containing s, y, n, e, m

  • memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
  • menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
  • mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
  • mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
  • mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
  • metanalysis — a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision: “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”.
  • misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
  • misidentify — to identify incorrectly.
  • molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
  • momentously — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
  • money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
  • money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
  • money-loser — something which causes someone to lose money or to make a loss rather than a profit
  • moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
  • monkey bars — children's climbing frame
  • monkey fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
  • monkey sort — bogo-sort
  • monkey suit — a tuxedo or full-dress suit.
  • monkeyshine — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
  • moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
  • myelogenous — produced in the bone marrow.
  • myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
  • myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
  • nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
  • noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
  • nonsystemic — not systemic
  • number keys — keypad
  • nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
  • nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
  • nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
  • open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
  • oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
  • oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • press money — prest money.
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • presumingly — presumptuous.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
  • sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
  • say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
  • screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
  • sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
  • seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
  • semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • shaggy-mane — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
  • short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
  • silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
  • slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
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