12-letter words containing m, a, t, e, r
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- maltreatment — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- market maker — a dealer in securities on the London Stock Exchange who buys and sells as a principal and since 1986 can also deal with the public as a broker
- market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- market rates — the current or accepted rates for a product or service
- market share — the specific percentage of total industry sales of a particular product achieved by a single company in a given period of time.
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- marketbasket — a selected list of goods and services, usually food and household items regarded as typifying consumer spending over a given time, used to measure the cost of living
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- marsh's test — a test to detect minimal amounts of arsenic.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- master class — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- masterstroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- mate's rates — preferential rates of payment offered to a friend
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- materialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialise.