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13-letter words containing m, a, d, u

  • meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
  • meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
  • mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
  • mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • media studies — educational subjects or courses relating to the mass media
  • medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
  • medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
  • medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
  • medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
  • mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
  • metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
  • midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • misadjustment — Wrong or unsuitable adjustment.
  • misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
  • misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
  • misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
  • miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
  • misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
  • monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
  • mononucleated — having a single nucleus
  • monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
  • mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
  • mountainboard — a type of skateboard specially designed for rough terrain and steep slopes, having four large wheels linked by a suspension system
  • mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
  • muddle-headed — confused, scatterbrained
  • muhammadanism — Islam.
  • multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • multidigitate — having many digits or finger-like projections
  • multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multimodality — the quality or state of being modal.
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
  • multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
  • multistranded — having several strands
  • multitalented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
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