11-letter words containing y, e, n, t
- knotty pine — pine wood with many knots
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lantern fly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner
- loony tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loony-tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- many a time — often
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- merry mount — a settlement in Mt. Wollaston (Quincy), Mass., c1625–28, noted for its rejection of Puritan standards of behavior.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- metanalysis — a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision: “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- misidentify — to identify incorrectly.
- mnemotechny — The study and practice of improving one\u2019s memory.
- molybdenite — a soft, graphitelike mineral, molybdenum sulfide, MoS 2 , occurring in foliated masses or scales: the principal ore of molybdenum.
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- 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.
- 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.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- montego bay — a city in NW Jamaica: seaside resort.
- montmorency — Anne [an;; French an] /æn;; French an/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1493–1567, French marshal: constable of France 1537.
- mount kenya — an extinct volcano in central Kenya: the second highest mountain in Africa; girth at 2400 m (8000 ft) is about 150 km (95 miles). The regions above 3200 m (10 500 ft) constitute Mount Kenya National Park. Height: 5199 m (17 058 ft)
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multienzyme — involving several enzymes
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- myelination — the formation of a myelin sheath.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- myogenicity — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.