12-letter words containing u, m, a
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- make the cut — to better or equal the required score after two rounds in a strokeplay tournament, thus avoiding elimination from the final two rounds
- make-up base — a primer of make-up applied to the face in order to prepare it for the main layer of make-up
- make-up case — a case in which cosmetics are kept
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- mamallapuram — Mahabalipuram.
- man-mountain — a man who is very tall and heavily built
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mantle plume — plume (def 10).
- mantoux test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- 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.
- manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
- manumissions — Plural form of manumission.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- mare clausum — a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.