10-letter words containing a, r, o, m, t
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrocytic — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrometer — An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- main store — main memory
- maintainor — a person guilty of maintenance.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- major term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- majorettes — Plural form of majorette.
- majorities — Plural form of majority.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- māoritanga — the Māori culture; Māori way of life
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- marathoner — a runner who competes in a marathon.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marination — The process of marinating.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- marionette — a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- marrow fat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marrowfats — Plural form of marrowfat.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- martellato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) heavily accented and detached.
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- mass ratio — the ratio of the mass of a fully-fuelled rocket at liftoff to the mass of the rocket without fuel
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- masterwort — a European plant, Astrantia major, of the parsley family, having pinkish-rose or white flower clusters with purplish bracts beneath.
- masticator — Someone who masticates.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- 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.
- matriotism — Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
- 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.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matronymic — metronymic.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- mattamores — Plural form of mattamore.
- matterhorn — a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 feet (4505 meters).
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- matzo brei — small pieces of matzo soaked in water, mixed with beaten eggs, and fried.