10-letter words containing e, y, a, m
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mercy seat — Bible: Golden covering on the Arc of Covenant
- mercy-seat — Bible. the gold covering on the ark of the covenant, regarded as the resting place of God. Ex. 25:17–22. the throne of God.
- merrymaker — a person who gaily or enthusiastically takes part in some festive or merry celebration; reveler.
- metagalaxy — the complete system of galaxies; the Milky Way and all the surrounding galaxies.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metastably — In a metastable way.
- metasyntax — (grammar) Syntax used to describe syntax. The best known example is BNF and its variants such as EBNF. A metasyntactic variable is a variable used in metasyntax.
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- methylated — Simple past tense and past participle of methylate.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- miles away — If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- minelaying — the activity of laying explosive mines
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- misanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- mispayment — Incorrect payment.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- mizzy maze — dialect expression meaning state of confusion
- mobile bay — a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.
- moderately — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- modern-day — Modern-day is used to refer to the new or modern aspects of a place, an activity, or a society.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- moneymaker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- monolayers — Plural form of monolayer.
- mother yaw — the initial lesion of yaws, occurring at the site of inoculation.
- mp3 player — a digital media player, usually portable, that plays and stores files in the MP3 format.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mycetozoan — myxomycete
- myelinated — (of a nerve) having a myelin sheath; medullated.
- myeloblast — an immature myelocyte.
- myelograms — Plural form of myelogram.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.