11-letter words containing m, a, c, h
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- 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
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- 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.
- match up to — If someone or something does not match up to what was expected, they are smaller, less impressive, or of poorer quality.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- 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.
- matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matriarchic — Matriarchal.
- 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.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
- 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.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merchantman — a trading ship.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- 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.