11-letter words containing a, l, t, e, r, i
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- mail filter — (messaging) A program which sorts and processes incoming mail based on patterns found in the mail headers.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- maltreating — Present participle of maltreat.
- mare's-tail — a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- marine belt — territorial waters.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- 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.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- melanterite — a green mineral, FeSO4.7H2O, composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- militarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize.
- millstreams — Plural form of millstream.
- mineral tar — bitumen of the consistency of tar; maltha.
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- miserablest — Superlative form of miserable.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- mitrailleur — (UK, military, obsolete) rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- mortalities — Plural form of mortalitie.
- motorsailer — A boat equipped with both sails and an engine.