10-letter words containing a, l, t, m
- 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.
- masterable — Possible to master; able to be mastered.
- masterless — Lacking or deprived of a master.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- materteral — Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an aunt; feminine version of avuncular.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- matrilocal — of or relating to residence with the wife's family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matterless — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- matzo ball — a dumpling made from matzo meal, usually served in soup.
- matzo meal — ground matzos.
- maximalist — a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.
- may beetle — June bug (def 1).
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- medallists — Plural form of medallist.
- medullated — myelinated.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- melaconite — the massive variety of tenorite
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- melismatic — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- mental age — the level of native mental ability or capacity of an individual, usually as determined by an intelligence test, in relation to the chronological age of the average individual at this level: a ten-year-old child with the mental age of a twelve-year-old; a mental age of twelve.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mesoblasts — Plural form of mesoblast.
- mesolectal — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metabolite — a product of metabolic action.
- metabolize — (of a body or organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.
- metabolome — (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metafemale — (biology) A female with triple X syndrome.
- metagalaxy — the complete system of galaxies; the Milky Way and all the surrounding galaxies.
- metal lath — any of various meshlike laths of metal for plastering.