11-letter words containing i, m, a, s
- mandataries — Plural form of mandatary.
- mandatories — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- mandolinist — One who plays the mandolin.
- manganesian — (chemistry) manganic.
- manganosite — (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- manicurists — Plural form of manicurist.
- manifestant — a person who initiates or participates in a public demonstration; demonstrator.
- manifesting — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestoes — Plural form of manifesto.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manneristic — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- mannishness — The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- manumission — the act of manumitting.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- marcescible — prone to fade or decay
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- mare's-tail — a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalism — (economics) The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
- marginalist — somene who adheres to the theory of marginalism
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- maria luisa — Marie Louise.
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- marionettes — Plural form of marionette.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marquisates — Plural form of marquisate.
- marquisette — a lightweight open fabric of leno weave in cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- martensitic — Of or pertaining to the mineral martensite.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- masculinist — Characterized by or denoting attitudes or values held to be typical of men.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.