11-letter words containing a, l, i, m, e
- mare's-tail — a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.
- margin line — an imaginary line used in making calculations regarding the flooding of hulls, running fore-and-aft 3 inches (8 cm) below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalize — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- marine belt — territorial waters.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- materialise — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materiality — material nature or quality.
- materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- maternalism — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- maternalize — to make maternal.
- matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
- matrilinear — inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
- maudlinness — The quality of being maudlin.
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- meadow lily — Canada lily.
- meal ticket — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- mealie meal — cornmeal.
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- medallioned — having or wearing a medallion or medallions
- mediastinal — a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body.
- mediational — Of or pertaining to mediation.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- medical man — a doctor of medicine
- medicinable — medicinal.
- medicinally — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- medicolegal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
- medievalist — an expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
- medievalize — To cause something to be more medieval.
- medullation — the formation of a medullary sheath about a nerve fiber.
- megalomania — Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megamillion — (informal) A great number of millions.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.