10-letter words containing m, i, n, a
- mosaicking — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- motivating — Effectively providing an incentive.
- motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- mountained — having mountains
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- moving van — a large truck or trailer used for transporting furnishings from one residence or office to another.
- mozambican — a native or inhabitant of the territory or city of Mozambique.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mudanjiang — a city in Heilongjiang province, NE China.
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- muffin man — (formerly) an itinerant seller of muffins
- muffin pan — an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.
- muffin-pan — an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.
- mujahideen — Guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, especially those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multichain — comprising or involving several chains, esp (in chemistry) of a linear polymer
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multinodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multipaned — having or comprising more than one pane, esp of glass
- multiplane — Consisting of several planes or surfaces.
- multiplant — comprising or involving more than one plant
- multirange — having several ranges
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- muscadines — Plural form of muscadine.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- mutagenize — to subject (cells, DNA, etc) to mutagens to induce mutations
- mutational — Of, pertaining to, or the result of mutation.
- mutilating — Present participle of mutilate.
- mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- my antonia — a novel (1918) by Willa Cather.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- myelinated — (of a nerve) having a myelin sheath; medullated.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- mythomania — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- named pipe — (operating system) A Unix pipe with a filename created using the "mknod" command. Named pipes allow unrelated processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal (un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent and child or siblings (forked from the same parent).
- narcissism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- narcomania — Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naumachiae — Plural form of naumachia.
- naumannite — a mineral, silver-lead selenide, (Ag 2 Pb)Se, usually occurring in iron-black cubic crystals.
- naval mine — mine2 (def 5).
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.