12-letter words containing d, e, s, a
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- mademoiselle — (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
- make a stand — to take a position for defense or opposition
- make demands — If someone or something makes demands on you, they require you to do things which need a lot of time, energy, or money.
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- meadow mouse — any of numerous short-tailed rodents of the genus Microtus and allied genera, chiefly of fields and meadows in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
- means-tested — A grant or benefit that is means-tested varies in amount depending on a means test.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.