12-letter words containing a, c, m, e
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macroeconomy — A large-scale economic system.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
- macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- macula lutea — macula (def 2b).
- madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- magic cookie — 1. Something passed between routines or programs that enables the receiver to perform some operation; a capability ticket or opaque identifier. Especially used of small data objects that contain data encoded in a strange or intrinsically machine-dependent way. E.g. on non-Unix operating systems with a non-byte-stream model of files, the result of "ftell" may be a magic cookie rather than a byte offset; it can be passed to "fseek", but not operated on in any meaningful way. The phrase "it hands you a magic cookie" means it returns a result whose contents are not defined but which can be passed back to the same or some other program later. 2. An in-band code for changing graphic rendition (e.g. inverse video or underlining) or performing other control functions. Some older terminals would leave a blank on the screen corresponding to mode-change magic cookies; this was also called a glitch (or occasionally a "turd"; compare mouse droppings). See also cookie.
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- mail carrier — a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- maintainence — Misspelling of maintenance.
- maintenances — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- make certain — ensure
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- make the cut — to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds
- make-up case — a case in which cosmetics are kept
- malacca cane — a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- malt extract — a sweet, gummy substance derived from an infusion of malt.