10-letter words containing r, d, a, m
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marshlands — Plural form of marshland.
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- marylander — a person born or living in Maryland
- masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mastercard — a brand of credit or debit card
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- 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.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- mazarinade — a pamphlet criticizing Jules Mazarin
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- 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.
- meandering — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- media star — a person who is well-known because of frequent appearances in the mass media
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- 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.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mesa verde — a national park in SW Colorado: ruins of prehistoric cliff dwellings. 80 sq. mi. (207 sq. km).
- mesocardia — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesodermal — the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- meter maid — a female member of a police or traffic department responsible for issuing tickets for parking violations.
- metricated — Simple past tense and past participle of metricate.
- 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.
- micturated — Simple past tense and past participle of micturate.
- midamerica — Middle America (def 2).
- middle ear — the middle portion of the ear, consisting of the tympanic membrane and an air-filled chamber lined with mucous membrane, that contains the malleus, incus, and stapes. Compare ear1 (def 1).
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- millifarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one thousandth of a farad. Abbreviation: mF, mf.
- 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.
- mindreader — Alternative form of mind-reader.
- 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.
- miracidium — the larva that hatches from the egg of a trematode worm or fluke.