13-letter words containing m, a, r, l
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macroclimatic — Relating to macroclimate.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- macromolecule — a very large molecule, as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- macrovascular — Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels.
- maculopapular — (medicine, of a rash) Consisting of a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps, as in scarlet fever and measles.
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- magistratical — Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
- mahabalipuram — a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.
- mail exploder — (messaging) Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- major release — (programming) A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
- major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- malabar coast — a region along the entire SW coast of India, extending from the Arabian Sea inland to the Western Ghats.
- malabsorbtion — Misspelling of malabsorption.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- malacostracan — belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc.
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malariologist — An expert in malaria.
- malformations — Plural form of malformation.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.