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14-letter words containing a, t, d, e

  • maternal death — the death of a woman while pregnant or shortly after childbirth or an abortion
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • matteo bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), Boiardo, Matteo Maria.
  • matter in deed — a fact or statement that can be proved or established by a deed or specialty.
  • mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
  • maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
  • mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
  • meat and drink — a source of pleasure
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
  • medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
  • medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
  • meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
  • meet and greet — (of a celebrity, politician, etc) to have a session of being introduced to and questioned by members of the public or journalists
  • meet-and-greet — a planned social occasion or activity at which a person, usually someone well-known, is formally introduced to attendees to socialize with them or answer their questions.
  • melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.
  • mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • mermaid tavern — an inn formerly located on Bread Street, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal club for Elizabethan playwrights and poets.
  • merritt island — a town in E Florida.
  • metal detector — an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.
  • metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • methodological — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
  • middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
  • mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • moderate-sized — not large or small
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
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