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12-letter words containing m, e, t, r

  • macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
  • maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
  • madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
  • magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
  • magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
  • mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
  • mainstreamer — a member of the mainstream.
  • major planet — planet (def 1a).
  • major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
  • major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
  • make certain — ensure
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
  • male-sterile — producing no pollen or infertile pollen.
  • malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
  • malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
  • malt extract — a sweet, gummy substance derived from an infusion of malt.
  • 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
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