11-letter words containing m, l, a
- maria luisa — Marie Louise.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- marine belt — territorial waters.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- mariticidal — Of, or pertaining to, mariticide. Often used to describe a person.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marmalading — Present participle of marmalade.
- marmoreally — In a marmoreal fashion; like marble.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- mars yellow — a medium to deep orange-yellow color.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshallers — Plural form of marshaller.
- marshallese — a native or inhabitant of the Marshall Islands, especially a member of a Micronesian people native to these Islands.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- marshmallow — a sweetened paste or confection made from the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- martial art — Often, martial arts. any of the traditional forms of Asian self-defense or combat that utilize physical skill and coordination without weapons, as karate, aikido, judo, or kung fu, often practiced as sport.
- martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- martyrology — the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mary leakey — Louis Seymour Bazett [baz-it] /ˈbæz ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinism — An ideology of masculinity; especially, an ideology opposed to, or opposed by, feminism.
- masculinist — Characterized by or denoting attitudes or values held to be typical of men.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
- master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- masterclass — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- materialise — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materiality — material nature or quality.
- materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- maternalism — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- maternalize — to make maternal.