10-letter words containing m, o, d, a
- maimonides — (Moses ben Maimon"RaMBaM") 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.
- major mode — major scale.
- major-domo — a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign; a chief steward.
- majordomos — Plural form of majordomo.
- male model — a male who poses for a photographer, painter, or sculptor
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- man of god — a clergyman.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- mandragora — mandrake (def 1).
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- manifolded — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- mao zedong — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- 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.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- meadow rue — any of several plants belonging to the genus Thalictrum, of the buttercup family, having leaves resembling those of rue, especially T. dioicum, of North America.
- meadowland — an area or section of land that is a meadow or is used or kept as a meadow.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- médaillons — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallions — Plural form of medallion.
- mediations — Plural form of mediation.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- meditation — the act of meditating.
- megadontia — macrodontia.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- melanoderm — a person with dark pigmentation of the skin.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- melodramas — Plural form of melodrama.
- memorandum — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mesocardia — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesodermal — the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- metal wood — a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal.
- metalloids — Plural form of metalloid.
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- microblade — bladelet.
- microfarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one millionth of a farad. Symbol: μF, μf. Abbreviation: mf., mfd.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.