10-letter words containing o, t, m, a, n
- monastical — Alternative form of monastic.
- 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.
- monitorial — of or relating to a monitor.
- monoacetin — acetin.
- monoatomic — monatomic.
- monocation — (chemistry) A cation formed by removal of a single electron from a neutral species.
- monocratic — government by only one person; autocracy.
- monogamist — a person who practices or advocates monogamy.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- monostable — (of an electric or electronic circuit) having only one stable state.
- monostylar — having or comprising a sole upright or pillar
- monothecal — having a sole compartment or cell
- monovalent — Chemistry. univalent.
- monstrance — a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- mont blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- mont-royal — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- montagnais — a member of an American Indian people of Quebec and Labrador.
- montagnard — (sometimes lowercase) a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed ethnic origins inhabiting the highland areas of Vietnam.
- montan wax — hard wax obtained from lignite and peat
- 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
- montelimar — a type of sweet or nougat made from egg white, sugar and nuts made initially in Montelimar in France
- montferrat — a historic region in NW Italy, in the Piedmont, S of the Po River.
- montmartre — a hilly section in the N part of Paris, France: noted for the artists who have frequented and lived in the area.
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- montserrat — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- monumental — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mordanting — Present participle of mordant.
- morganatic — of or relating to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
- morgantown — a city in N West Virginia.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- mortal sin — a willfully committed, serious transgression against the law of God, depriving the soul of divine grace.
- mortgaging — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- morticians — Plural form of mortician.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- mostaganem — a port in NW Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea: exports wine, fruit, and vegetables. Pop: 133 000 (2005 est)
- moth-eaten — eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motivating — Effectively providing an incentive.
- motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- mount bona — a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5005 m (16 420 ft)
- mount etna — an active volcano in E Sicily: the highest volcano in Europe and the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Height: 3323 m (10 902 ft)
- mount jaya — a mountain in E Indonesia, in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) in the Sudirman Range: the highest mountain in New Guinea. Height: 5039 m (16 532 ft)
- mountained — having mountains
- mountebank — A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.