10-letter words containing m, o, r, d, a
- macroworld — A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
- madderwort — A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
- madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- mail order — shopping by post
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
- 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.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- 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).
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- mineraloid — a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- 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.
- moderately — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderating — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderation — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- moderatism — A doctrine of moderation (in any field).
- moderators — Plural form of moderator.
- moderatrix — a moderator who is a woman
- modern art — art that was produced in the late 1860s through the 1970s and that rejected traditionally accepted forms and emphasized individual experimentation and sensibility.
- modern man — homo sapiens
- modern-day — Modern-day is used to refer to the new or modern aspects of a place, an activity, or a society.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modulators — Plural form of modulator.
- modulatory — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.