13-letter words containing a, r, m, h
- marsh harrier — a European harrier, Circus aeruginosus, that frequents marshy regions
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- marshall plan — European Recovery Program.
- martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- martini-henry — a breech-loaded .45 caliber rifle adopted in 1871 as the standard British service weapon, using a center-fire metallic cartridge filled with black powder.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- merchant fees — Merchant fees are money charged by a merchant service to a vendor for processing credit card transactions.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microchip art — (hardware) (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.