10-letter words containing a, c, m
- mandarinic — Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
- manducable — chewable or edible
- maniacally — of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- manichaean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manichaeus — Mani
- manicheism — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- manscaping — Present participle of manscape.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- mao jacket — a plain, shirtlike jacket, usually blue or gray, with pockets and a high collar, worn by Mao Zedong and universally adopted in the People's Republic of China during his regime.
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcantant — a merchant
- marcescent — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- march hare — a hare during its breeding season in March, noted for its wild and excitable behaviour (esp in the phrase mad as a March hare)
- march past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- march-past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- marchantia — a type of liverwort plant
- marchese's — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marco polo — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- mariticide — The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- martinican — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- masochists — Plural form of masochist.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- massacring — Present participle of massacre.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- masseteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- mastectomy — the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma.
- mastercard — a brand of credit or debit card
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.
- masticator — Someone who masticates.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.