10-letter words containing o, r, a, t, e
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- marathoner — a runner who competes in a marathon.
- 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.
- marionette — a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- 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.
- martellato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) heavily accented and detached.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- masterwort — a European plant, Astrantia major, of the parsley family, having pinkish-rose or white flower clusters with purplish bracts beneath.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mattamores — Plural form of mattamore.
- matterhorn — a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 feet (4505 meters).
- matzo brei — small pieces of matzo soaked in water, mixed with beaten eggs, and fried.
- meatometer — A device to measure the width of a human's urinary meatus.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- megastores — Plural form of megastore.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- metathorax — the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- metromania — A mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
- 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.
- microstate — ministate.
- miscreator — a person or entity that creates wrongly
- miseration — (obsolete) commiseration.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- 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.
- molarities — Plural form of molarity.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monetarism — a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- monetarist — a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- monetarize — (transitive) To assign monetary status to; to start circulating and accepting as currency.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- monstrance — a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- montbretia — a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia, a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii, with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants