11-letter words containing m, e, c, h, a
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- make change — If you make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mathematica — (tool, mathematics) A popular symbolic mathematics and graphics system, developed in 1988 by Stephen Wolfram and sold by Wolfram Research. The language emphasises rules and pattern-matching. The name was suggested by Steve Jobs. Mailing list: [email protected]
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merchantman — a trading ship.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.