11-letter words containing m, e, a, n
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manneristic — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- mannishness — The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
- manoeuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manorialize — to bring under manorialism.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- mantelboard — mantel.
- mantelletta — a silk or woolen sleeveless vestment reaching to the knees, worn by cardinals, bishops, and other prelates.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- manteltrees — Plural form of manteltree.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- many a time — often
- many-valued — (of a function) having the property that some elements in the domain have more than one image point; multiple-valued.
- map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- mapping pen — a pen with a fine point, used esp for drawing maps
- marbleizing — Present participle of marbleize.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcescence — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mare island — an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.
- mare nubium — (Sea of Clouds) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 95,000 sq. mi. (245,000 sq. km).
- mare's-nest — something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest.
- margin line — an imaginary line used in making calculations regarding the flooding of hulls, running fore-and-aft 3 inches (8 cm) below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalize — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- marine belt — territorial waters.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- marionberry — a cross between a loganberry and a blackberry
- marionettes — Plural form of marionette.
- market rent — (in Britain) the rent chargeable for accommodation, allowing for the scarcity of that kind of property and the willingness of tenants to pay
- market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
- marking pen — marker (def 10).
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.