12-letter words containing m, a, c, h, i
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, especially L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- mathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- matriarchate — a matriarchal system or community.
- matriarchial — Characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy. Alternative form of matriarchal.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- matrix patch — A matrix patch is an adhesive patch with medicine distributed through the adhesive. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mechanicians — Plural form of mechanician.
- mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- mechlin lace — a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.
- medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.