10-letter words containing m, i, r, y, a
- 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).
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- martyrizer — One who martyrs, puts others trough martyrdom.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- matriarchy — a family, society, community, or state governed by women.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- memorially — By means of, or in terms of, memory.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- microarray — A grid of DNA segments of known sequence that is used to test and map DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- militarily — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- milk gravy — a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.
- millionary — Of or relating to millions; consisting of millions.
- millocracy — rule or government by mill owners
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- missionary — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- mitigatory — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- modacrylic — designating or of any of various synthetic fibers that resist combustion, made from long-chain polymers composed primarily of acrylonitrile modified by other polymers: used in making fabrics, carpets, etc.
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- multiparty — of or relating to more than two political parties.
- mycorrhiza — a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.
- mydriatics — Plural form of mydriatic.
- myocardial — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myocardium — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myriadfold — infinite; innumerable
- myriameter — Alternative form of myriametre.
- myriametre — (obsolete) A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres.
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- omniparity — a state of universal equality
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- ovariotomy — incision into or removal of an ovary.
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- party time — the season for parties