11-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machinating — Present participle of machinate.
- machination — an act or instance of machinating.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- marathoning — the sport of running marathons
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- mathematica — (tool, mathematics) A popular symbolic mathematics and graphics system, developed in 1988 by Stephen Wolfram and sold by Wolfram Research. The language emphasises rules and pattern-matching. The name was suggested by Steve Jobs. Mailing list: [email protected]
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mathematise — express in mathematical terms
- mathematize — to reduce to a mathematical formula or problem; regard in purely mathematical terms.
- matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matriarchic — Matriarchal.
- matrix math — (language) An early system on the UNIVAC I or II.
- matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one
- matthiessen — Peter, 1927–2014, U.S. novelist and travel writer.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megatheriid — (zoology) Any member of the Megatheriidae.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- mehemet ali — 1769–1849, viceroy of Egypt 1805–48.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metalithium — A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.
- metalsmiths — Plural form of metalsmith.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphysics — metaphysics.