10-letter words containing l, a, m, i, n
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- manzanilla — a pale, very dry sherry from Spain.
- manzanillo — a seaport in SE Cuba.
- marginalia — Marginal notes.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- marmennill — A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- martinelli — Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1885–1969, U.S. operatic tenor, born in Italy.
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- mawlamyine — Moulmein.
- maximilian — 1527–76, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1564–76.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- measliness — the state or quality of being measly or meagre
- mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- medicinals — Plural form of medicinal.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- melaconite — the massive variety of tenorite
- melanaemia — an abnormal condition in which melanin is present in the blood
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melanising — Present participle of melanise.
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- melomaniac — One with an abnormal fondness of music.
- melvindale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- metallings — road metals
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- microlenat — /mi:"-kroh-len"-*t/ The unit of bogosity, written uL; the consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use. The microLenat, originally invented by David Jefferson, was promulgated as an attack against noted computer scientist Doug Lenat by a tenured graduate student at CMU. Doug had failed the student on an important exam for giving only "AI is bogus" as his answer to the questions. The slur is generally considered unmerited, but it has become a running gag nevertheless. Some of Doug's friends argue that *of course* a microLenat is bogus, since it is only one millionth of a Lenat. Others have suggested that the unit should be redesignated after the grad student, as the microReid.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- microtonal — (music) Of, relating to, or written using microtones.
- midchannel — (geography) In the middle of a channel.