10-letter words containing m, i, n, a
- malpighian — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- mammalians — an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
- mammogenic — exciting or generating mammary development
- mamoncillo — the genip, Melicoccus bijugatus.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- man-eating — feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh: a man-eating tiger.
- man-minute — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in a minute.
- managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- manchineel — a tropical American tree or shrub, Hippomane mancinella, of the spurge family, having a milky, highly caustic, poisonous sap.
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mandarinic — Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
- mandeville — Bernard de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manfredini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1684–1748, Italian composer.
- mangabeira — a South American rubber tree
- manhunting — Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
- maniacally — of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- manichaean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manichaeus — Mani
- manicheism — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manifested — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifester — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- mannequins — Plural form of mannequin.
- mannerheim — Baron Carl Gustaf Emil von [kahrl goo s-tahf ey-meel fuh n] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈeɪ mil fən/ (Show IPA), 1867–1951, Finnish soldier and statesman.
- mannerisms — 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.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- manscaping — Present participle of manscape.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- manumation — (business, nonstandard) Applying technology to automate a business process that produces the same results as the manual process before automation.
- manumitted — Simple past tense and past participle of manumit.
- manumitter — An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- many-sided — having many sides.
- manzanilla — a pale, very dry sherry from Spain.
- manzanillo — a seaport in SE Cuba.