10-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- maintainor — a person guilty of maintenance.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- 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
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- māoritanga — the Māori culture; Māori way of life
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- marination — The process of marinating.
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marinorama — A representation of a sea view.
- marionette — a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matronymic — metronymic.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- meissonier — Jean Louis Ernest [zhahn lwee er-nest] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1815–91, French painter.
- memorising — Present participle of memorise.
- memorizing — Present participle of memorize.
- mentioners — Plural form of mentioner.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- meromyosin — either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion
- mesocranic — having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- mesorrhine — having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.
- metric ton — a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.
- metromania — A mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
- metronomic — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- microciona — a genus of bright-red sponges of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, used in experiments on the dissociation and reintegration of sponge cells.
- microcline — a mineral of the feldspar group, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 3 O 8 , identical in composition with orthoclase but having triclinic instead of monoclinic crystals, used in making porcelain.
- microdrone — a small remote-controlled unmanned flying object
- microfauna — Biology. microscopic animals.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- microlenat — /mi:"-kroh-len"-*t/ The unit of bogosity, written uL; the consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use. The microLenat, originally invented by David Jefferson, was promulgated as an attack against noted computer scientist Doug Lenat by a tenured graduate student at CMU. Doug had failed the student on an important exam for giving only "AI is bogus" as his answer to the questions. The slur is generally considered unmerited, but it has become a running gag nevertheless. Some of Doug's friends argue that *of course* a microLenat is bogus, since it is only one millionth of a Lenat. Others have suggested that the unit should be redesignated after the grad student, as the microReid.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- micronised — Simple past tense and past participle of micronise.
- micronized — Simple past tense and past participle of micronize.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.