12-letter words containing m, i, s, a, d
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- materialised — Simple past tense and past participle of materialise.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- middle class — educated and well off
- middle-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misaddressed — Simple past tense and past participle of misaddress.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misdemeanant — a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- misdemeaning — to misbehave (oneself).
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdiagnose.
- misdiagnoses — to make an incorrect diagnosis.