12-letter words containing i, r, e, l, a
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- marriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- marseillaise — the French national anthem, written in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- materialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialise.
- materialists — Plural form of materialist.
- materialized — Simple past tense and past participle of materialize.
- materializer — One who materializes, or makes something material.
- materializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialize.
- materialness — The state of being material.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- matrilateral — related through the mother, as to a maternal uncle.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meander line — a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- memorializer — One who petitions by a memorial.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesmerically — In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.