10-letter words containing ma
- mast clamp — a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- mastectomy — the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma.
- master key — a key that will open a number of different locks, the proper keys of which are not interchangeable.
- masterable — Possible to master; able to be mastered.
- masterbate — Misspelling of masturbate.
- mastercard — a brand of credit or debit card
- masterless — Lacking or deprived of a master.
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- masterwort — a European plant, Astrantia major, of the parsley family, having pinkish-rose or white flower clusters with purplish bracts beneath.
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.
- masticator — Someone who masticates.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- mastopathy — any disease of the breast.
- masturbate — to engage in masturbation.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- 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.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- materteral — Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an aunt; feminine version of avuncular.
- mathematic — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- matriarchy — a family, society, community, or state governed by women.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- matrilocal — of or relating to residence with the wife's family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs.
- matriotism — Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matronymic — metronymic.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.