10-letter words containing u, a, m
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- mannequins — Plural form of mannequin.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- mansuetude — mildness; gentleness: the mansuetude of Christian love.
- manu samoa — the international Rugby Union football team of Western Samoa
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- manumation — (business, nonstandard) Applying technology to automate a business process that produces the same results as the manual process before automation.
- manumitted — Simple past tense and past participle of manumit.
- manumitter — An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- map turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Graptemys, as G. geographica, of the eastern and central U.S., usually having yellow stripes on the head and neck.
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- marabuntas — Plural form of marabunta.
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marinus ii — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- marquesses — Plural form of marquess.
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- masherbrum — a mountain in N India, in the Himalayas. 25,660 feet (7821 meters).
- masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- massapequa — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- massasauga — a small rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, ranging from the Great Lakes to the Mexican border.
- massecuite — A suspension of sugar crystals in syrup produced in a sugar factory.
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- masturbate — to engage in masturbation.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.