16-letter words containing m, a, i
- maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
- maleic hydrazide — a crystalline compound, C 4 N 2 H 4 O 2 , used as a plant growth inhibitor and weed-killer.
- malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
- mallowpuff māori — a Māori who is considered to behave like a white person
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- mamihlapinatapai — A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- man booker prize — an annual prize for a work of Commonwealth or Irish fiction of £50,000, awarded as the Booker Prize from 1969–2002
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- management union — a union that represents managers in negotiations with their employers concerning terms and conditions of employment
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
- manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- mare serenitatis — (Sea of Serenity) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 120,000 sq. mi. (310,000 sq. km).
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
- marginal utility — the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity.
- mari el republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Yoshkar-Ola. Pop: 728 000 (2002). Area: 23 200 sq km (8955 sq miles)
- maria de' medici — French name Marie de Médicis. 1573–1642, queen of France (1600–10) by marriage to Henry IV of France; daughter of Francesco, grand duke of Tuscany. She became regent for her son (later Louis XIII) but continued to wield power after he came of age (1614). She was finally exiled from France in 1631 after plotting to undermine Richelieu's influence at court
- marie antoinette — Marie [muh-ree;; French ma-ree] /məˈri;; French maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI.
- marie de medicis — 1573–1642, queen of Henry IV of France: regent 1610–17.
- marine barometer — a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marine insurance — ocean marine insurance.
- marine scientist — a scientist concerned with the sea
- maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
- market gardening — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- marriage licence — an official document stating that a marriage will be allowed to take place
- marriage license — permit to marry
- marriage partner — a person you are married to
- marriage portion — dowry.
- married quarters — the housing provided on a military base for married servicemen or servicewomen
- marseille prolog — (language) One of the two main dialects of Prolog, the other being Edinburgh Prolog. The difference is largely syntax. The original Marseille Interpreter (1973) was written in Fortran.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- marshall islands — a republic, consisting of a group of 34 coral islands in the W central Pacific: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–87); status of free association with the US from 1986; consists of two parallel chains, Ralik and Ratak. Official languages: Marshallese and English. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, on Majuro atoll. Pop: 69 747 (2013 est). Area: (land) 181 sq km (70 sq miles); (lagoon) 11 655 sq km (4500 sq miles)
- marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
- marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
- martin van buren — Martin, 1782–1862, 8th president of the U.S. 1837–41.
- marxism-leninism — the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressing that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism
- masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
- mason-dixon line — the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, partly surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line of demarcation between free and slave states.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- material culture — the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.