12-letter words containing a, i, r, m, e, n
- 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.
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- marine borer — any mollusc or crustacean that lives usually in warm seas and destroys wood by boring into and eating it. The gribble and shipworm are the best known since they penetrate any wood in favourable water
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- 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.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- married name — woman's surname after marriage
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- materialness — The state of being material.
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matricentric — (of a family or society) Centering around the mother or mothers.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meander line — a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanotropin — MSH.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- menai strait — a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.