11-letter words containing a, p, m
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrospores — Plural form of macrospore.
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- magic paper — An early interactive symbolic mathematics system.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- major party — a political party with enough electoral strength to periodically gain control of the government or to effectively oppose the party in power.
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- make a pass — sports
- make up for — compensate
- make-up bag — a bag in which cosmetics are kept
- make-up man — a man who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malebo pool — a lakelike body of water on the boundary between the W Democratic Republic of the Congo and the SE People's Republic of the Congo, formed by the widening of the Congo (Zaire) River about 330 miles (530 km) from its mouth. About 20 miles (32 km) long; about 15 miles (24 km) wide.
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- 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.
- mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- maniaphobia — Fear of being insane.
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulably — In a manipulable way.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map