10-letter words containing m, i, s
- marbleizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marbleize.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- mardi gras — the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday.
- margarines — Plural form of margarine.
- margaritas — Plural form of margarita.
- marigraphs — Plural form of marigraph.
- marinus ii — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- mark spitz — Mark (Andrew) born 1950, U.S. swimmer: winner of seven gold medals in 1972 summer Olympic Games.
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- marmarosis — the conversion of limestone into marble by metamorphism
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- marseilles — a department in SE France. 2026 sq. mi. (5245 sq. km). Capital: Marseilles.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marshiness — The quality or state of being marshy.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- martensite — a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- maskinonge — muskellunge.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- masochists — Plural form of masochist.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mass media — any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.
- mass ratio — the ratio of the mass of a fully-fuelled rocket at liftoff to the mass of the rocket without fuel
- massacring — Present participle of massacre.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- masseteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
- massinissa — 238–149 b.c, king of Numidia c210–149.
- masspriest — a Roman Catholic priest
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.
- masticator — Someone who masticates.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- matriotism — Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
- mattathias — died 167? b.c, Jewish priest in Judea (father of Judas Maccabaeus).
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- maxi-skirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- maximalist — a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.
- maximising — Present participle of maximise.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.