10-letter words containing a, s, m, n
- marmes man — the skeletal remains of Homo sapiens found in Washington State in 1965 and dating from about 9000 b.c.
- mars brown — a medium brown color.
- marsh fern — a fern, Thelypteris palustris, having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- marsh wren — Also called long-billed marsh wren. a North American wren, Cistothorus palustris, that inhabits tall reed beds.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshiness — The quality or state of being marshy.
- marshlands — Plural form of marshland.
- martensite — a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- mary janes — flat or low-heeled shoes for women or girls, usually with a rounded toe and a single strap that buckles across the instep
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- maskinonge — muskellunge.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mason wasp — any of several solitary wasps, as Rygchium dorsale, that construct nests of mud or clay.
- massacring — Present participle of massacre.
- massinissa — 238–149 b.c, king of Numidia c210–149.
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- maupassant — (Henri René Albert) Guy de [ahn-ree ruh-ney al-ber gee duh] /ɑ̃ˈri rəˈneɪ alˈbɛr gi də/ (Show IPA), 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.
- maximising — Present participle of maximise.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- mccandless — a town in SW Pennsylvania.
- meagerness — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- meagreness — (British) The state of being meagre.
- means test — appraisal of sb's financial situation
- means-test — to subject (a person or a specific benefit) to a means test: The government proposes to means-test Medicare.
- measliness — the state or quality of being measly or meagre
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat
- mechanised — to make mechanical.
- mechanisms — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mechanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- mediastina — Plural form of mediastinum.
- mediations — Plural form of mediation.
- medicinals — Plural form of medicinal.
- megafaunas — Plural form of megafauna.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melanising — Present participle of melanise.
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.