11-letter words containing as
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- macrocarpas — Plural form of macrocarpa.
- maharashtra — a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Capital: Mumbai.
- mahasamadhi — the highest state of samadhi.
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- makassarese — a member of a Muslim people of southwestern Sulawesi, near Ujung Pandang, closely related to the Buginese.
- make a dash — If you make a dash for a place, you run there very quickly, for example to escape from someone or something.
- make a pass — sports
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- marsh grass — cordgrass.
- mascot rage — aggressive behaviour by mascots at sporting events
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- masculinist — Characterized by or denoting attitudes or values held to be typical of men.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- masqueraded — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masquerader — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masquerades — Plural form of masquerade.
- mass action — Mass action is the effect when continuously adding reactants (= substances that are used in a reaction) to a reaction causes it to generate products continuously.
- mass defect — the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus differs from the sum of the masses of its constituent particles, being the mass equivalent of the energy released in the formation of the nucleus.
- mass market — general public
- mass medium — any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.
- mass murder — deliberate slaughter of many people
- mass number — the integer nearest in value to the atomic weight of an atom and equal to the number of nucleons in the nucleus of the atom. Symbol: A.
- mass-energy — mass and energy considered as equivalent and interconvertible, according to the theory of relativity
- mass-market — (of products) produced and distributed in large quantities and intended to appeal to the widest range of consumers.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- massasaugas — Plural form of massasauga.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- massiveness — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- masson disk — a white disk on which a series of concentric gray circles appear to vanish intermittently when the disk is rotated, used for testing a person's fluctuation of attention and visual threshold.