11-letter words containing mo
- antimonsoon — the air current above a monsoon, moving in the opposite direction
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- antler moth — a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- armor plate — a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank
- armorbearer — a person who carried the armor or weapons of a warrior
- armored car — any of various vehicles covered with armor plate, as a truck for carrying money to or from a bank
- armory show — an international art show held in a New York City armory in 1913: considered a landmark in the public and critical acceptance of modern art.
- armour-clad — wearing armour
- arthur monk — (James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player.
- at the most — You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomoxetine — (pharmaceutical drug) A non-stimulant drug used for the treatment of ADHD.
- automobiles — Plural form of automobile.
- automobilia — items connected with cars and motoring of interest to the collector
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- ban ki-moon — born 1944, South Korean international civil servant; secretary-general of the United Nations from 2007
- base memory — (hardware, jargon) The lowest 640 kilobytes of memory in an IBM PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS. Other PC operating systems can usually compensate and "ignore" the fact that there is a 640K limit to base memory. This was put in place because the original CPU - the Intel 8088 - could only access one megabyte of memory, and IBM wanted to reserve the upper 384KB for device drivers. The high memory area (HMA) lies above 640KB and can be accessed on MS-DOS computers that have an A20 handler.
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- black molly — a jet-black molly, a color form especially of Poecilia latipinna or P. sphenops, popular as an aquarium fish.
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
- bloodmobile — a motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from donors
- blow-molded — (of plastic hollowware) made by blowing and shaping in a mold; mold-blown.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
- bust a move — go, leave
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- cable modem — (communications, hardware) A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.