11-letter words containing d, i, a, l
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- maleic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with fumaric acid, having an astringent, repulsive taste and faint acidulous odor: used in the manufacture of synthetic resins, the dyeing and finishing of textiles, and as a preservative for fats and oils.
- malted milk — a soluble powder made of dehydrated milk and malted cereals.
- mandatorily — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- mandibulate — having mandibles.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- manhandling — to handle roughly.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- mariticidal — Of, or pertaining to, mariticide. Often used to describe a person.
- marmalading — Present participle of marmalade.
- maudlinness — The quality of being maudlin.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- meadow lily — Canada lily.
- medallioned — having or wearing a medallion or medallions
- mediastinal — a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body.
- mediational — Of or pertaining to mediation.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- medical man — a doctor of medicine
- medicinable — medicinal.
- medicinally — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- medicolegal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
- medievalist — an expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
- medievalize — To cause something to be more medieval.
- medullation — the formation of a medullary sheath about a nerve fiber.
- melodically — melodious.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolize.
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metalloidal — metalloid
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle east — 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.
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle name — the part of a person's name occurring between the first and family names, as a second given name or a maternal surname.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- midlittoral — designating or belonging to that part of a seashore affected by neap tides
- midsagittal — At the middle of the sagittal plane.