10-letter words containing n, i, d, a
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- mendicants — Plural form of mendicant.
- mendicated — Simple past tense and past participle of mendicate.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mid-season — the middle of a season of the year or of a sporting season
- midchannel — (geography) In the middle of a channel.
- middlehand — the player on the dealer's right in a game with three players. Compare endhand, forehand (def 7).
- midlothian — Formerly Edinburgh. a historic county in SE Scotland.
- midshipman — a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def 2).
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- mind games — actions or statements intended to undermine or mislead someone else, often to gain advantage for oneself
- mindreader — Alternative form of mind-reader.
- mindscapes — Plural form of mindscape.
- mineraloid — a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- mini-drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- minifundia — Plural form of minifundium.
- misaligned — improperly aligned.
- misandrism — (uncountable) The principle or disposition of misandry, the hatred of men.
- misandrist — hatred of males.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misbranded — Simple past tense and past participle of misbrand.
- misdealing — Present participle of misdeal.
- mishandled — Simple past tense and past participle of mishandle.
- mishandles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishandle.
- misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
- mismanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of mismanage.
- misplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- misreading — Present participle of misread.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- miswandred — having strayed or become lost or gone off course
- mitterrand — François (Maurice Marie) [frahn-swa maw-rees ma-ree] /frɑ̃ˈswa mɔˈris maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1916–96, French political leader: president 1981–95.
- mixolydian — of, relating to, or denoting an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from G to G
- moccasined — Wearing moccasins.
- 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.
- modificand — a word that is modified, or qualified, by another. In red books, books is a modificand.
- modigliani — Amedeo [ah-me-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɛˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- modulation — the act of modulating.
- mole drain — an underground cylindrical drainage channel cut by a special plough to drain heavy agricultural soil
- molendinar — relating to a mill or a person who works in or lives in a mill
- monadiform — having the shape or structure of a monad
- monoacidic — (chemistry, of a base or alcohol) Having only one hydroxyl group to react with acids.
- monopodial — (botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk.
- moon daisy — a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
- mordanting — Present participle of mordant.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.