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12-letter words containing e, m, a, n

  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • 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.
  • mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
  • mantle plume — plume (def 10).
  • mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
  • manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
  • manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
  • manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
  • manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
  • mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
  • māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
  • mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
  • mare sirenum — (Sea of Sirens) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • mare undarum — (Sea of Waves) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 4800 sq. mi. (12,000 sq. km).
  • marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
  • marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
  • marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
  • marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
  • marine borer — any mollusc or crustacean that lives usually in warm seas and destroys wood by boring into and eating it. The gribble and shipworm are the best known since they penetrate any wood in favourable water
  • marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
  • marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
  • mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
  • marking gage — any of various adjustable tools for marking a line parallel to a straight edge against which the tool is moved.
  • marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
  • marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
  • married name — woman's surname after marriage
  • martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
  • martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
  • masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
  • masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • mass balance — Mass balance is a consideration of the input, output, and distribution of a substance between streams in a process or stage.
  • mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
  • mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
  • master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
  • master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
  • master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
  • masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
  • masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
  • masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
  • mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
  • mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
  • 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.
  • matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • materialness — The state of being material.
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