10-letter words containing s, m, a, t
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- machinists — Plural form of machinist.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- maelstroms — Plural form of maelstrom.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- magazinist — a person who writes for or edits a magazine.
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.
- magistrals — Plural form of magistral.
- magistrand — a fourth-year university student
- magistrate — a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
- magnetised — Simple past tense and past participle of magnetise.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- magstripes — Plural form of magstripe.
- mahasattva — A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- main store — main memory
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- mainstream — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- maisonette — a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- majorettes — Plural form of majorette.
- majorities — Plural form of majority.
- make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malignants — Plural form of malignant.
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- man's fate — French La Condition Humaine. a novel (1933) by André Malraux.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- mandelstam — Osip Emilyevich, 1892–1938? Russian acmeist poet and essayist.
- manganates — Plural form of manganate.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- mangosteen — the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manifested — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifester — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- manservant — a male servant, especially a valet.
- manstealer — A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.