11-letter words containing m, a, r, d
- mistreading — a wrongdoing or misdemeanour
- mithridates — Plural form of mithridate.
- mix a drink — If you mix a drink, you prepare it by mixing other drinks together.
- mixed layer — the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
- moderations — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- modern jazz — any of various styles of jazz that have evolved since the early 1940s and are marked generally by harmonic and rhythmic complexity, emphasis on chord progressions rather than melody, a tendency to draw on classical forms and styles, and eclectic, allusive melodic tags in improvisation. Also called progressive jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- molendinary — a mill
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- mondo grass — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ophiopogon, of the lily family, native to western Asia, especially O. japonicus, having grasslike leaves and lavender or white flowers.
- monocardian — a creature that has only one heart
- monogrammed — Past participle of monogram.
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- moorbuzzard — a bird of prey known as the marsh harrier, Circus Aeruginosus
- mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
- morcellated — Simple past tense and past participle of morcellate.
- mortadellas — Plural form of mortadella.
- mortal mind — the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death. Compare mind (def 19).
- mortarboard — a board, usually square, used by masons to hold mortar.
- motherboard — a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Compare board (def 14).
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- mount guard — If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- move around — be mobile, active
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- multistrand — Composed of multiple strands.
- murder case — a murder that is being investigated by the police, or tried in court
- music drama — an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles.
- mustard gas — an oily liquid, C 4 H 8 Cl 2 S, used as a chemical-warfare gas, blistering the skin and damaging the lungs, often causing blindness and death: introduced by the Germans in World War I.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nondramatic — Not dramatic; not exciting; mundane.
- nonmarketed — Unmarketed.
- normal mode — an oscillation of a mechanical system in which all particles move with the same frequency and phase.
- north adams — a city in NW Massachusetts.
- nostradamic — of or pertaining to Nostradamus or resembling his work; prophetic
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
- numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
- ordainments — Plural form of ordainment.