12-letter words containing a, g, m, e
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- marking gage — any of various adjustable tools for marking a line parallel to a straight edge against which the tool is moved.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
- marriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- mental image — sth imagined
- mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.