12-letter words containing a, m, l
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- madonna lily — a lily, Lilium candidum, having clusters of pure white, bell-shaped flowers.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
- magnet steel — steel used for the manufacture of permanent magnets, often having a high cobalt content and smaller amounts of nickel, aluminium, or copper
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- mail carrier — a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- mailing list — a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- maintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malacca cane — a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)
- malapropisms — Plural form of malapropism.
- malay states — the former states of the Malay Peninsula that, together with Penang and Malacca, formed the Union of Malaya (1946) and the Federation of Malaya (1948). Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang were established as the Federated Malay States by the British in 1895 and Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Trengannu as the Unfederated Malay States in 1909 (joined by Johore in 1914)
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- male-sterile — producing no pollen or infertile pollen.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.