10-letter words containing m, c, n, a, r
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcantant — a merchant
- marcescent — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- marchantia — a type of liverwort plant
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- martinican — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- massacring — Present participle of massacre.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mesocranic — having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- metacenter — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metacentre — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- microciona — a genus of bright-red sponges of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, used in experiments on the dissociation and reintegration of sponge cells.
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microlenat — /mi:"-kroh-len"-*t/ The unit of bogosity, written uL; the consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use. The microLenat, originally invented by David Jefferson, was promulgated as an attack against noted computer scientist Doug Lenat by a tenured graduate student at CMU. Doug had failed the student on an important exam for giving only "AI is bogus" as his answer to the questions. The slur is generally considered unmerited, but it has become a running gag nevertheless. Some of Doug's friends argue that *of course* a microLenat is bogus, since it is only one millionth of a Lenat. Others have suggested that the unit should be redesignated after the grad student, as the microReid.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- microtonal — (music) Of, relating to, or written using microtones.
- mischanter — mishanter.
- miscreance — a misbelief or false religious faith.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- miscreants — Plural form of miscreant.
- monarchial — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchism — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- monocarpic — producing fruit only once and then dying.
- monocratic — government by only one person; autocracy.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- monoracial — Of a single race (ethnicity).
- monorganic — (biology, medicine) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ or a single set of organs.
- monstrance — a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- morganatic — of or relating to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- morticians — Plural form of mortician.
- mr scanner — a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.