12-letter words containing r, e, n, t, a
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- make certain — ensure
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- maltreatment — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- masterliness — The quality of being masterly.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- materialness — The state of being material.
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matricentric — (of a family or society) Centering around the mother or mothers.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- measurements — The action of measuring something.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- menai strait — a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.