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15-letter words containing m, a, i, r

  • managing editor — an editor assigned to the supervision and coordination of certain editorial activities of a newspaper, magazine, book publishing company, or the like. Abbreviation: M.E., m.e.
  • mandarin collar — a narrow, stand-up collar, not quite meeting at the front.
  • mandarin orange — mandarin (def 4).
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • mannerheim line — a zone of Finnish fortification erected along part of the border between Finland and Russia before the Finno-Russian War.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manorial system — manorialism.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • māori battalion — the Māori unit of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
  • marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
  • marcus aurelius — Marcus, Marcus Aurelius.
  • marek's disease — a contagious cancerous disease of poultry, caused by a herpesvirus and characterized by proliferation of lymphoid cells and paralysis of a limb or the neck.
  • margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
  • margin of error — statistics: variance
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • maria de medici — Marie de Médicis.
  • mariana islands — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
  • mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
  • marianske lazne — a spa in W Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic. 18,510.
  • marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.
  • marie de france — flourished 12th century, French poet in England.
  • marigold window — wheel window.
  • marine engineer — an officer who operates, maintains, and repairs the machinery of a ship.
  • marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
  • marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
  • market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
  • marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
  • marriage bureau — an agency that provides introductions to single people seeking a marriage partner
  • marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
  • marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
  • martensitically — in a martensitic manner
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • master mechanic — a mechanic, especially one who is thoroughly skilled, in charge of other mechanics.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • materialisation — Alternative spelling of materialization.
  • materialistical — Alternative form of materialistic.
  • materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
  • maternity grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a flat-rate benefit for pregnant women on low incomes
  • maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
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