15-letter words containing ta
- long-tailed tit — a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)
- maintainability — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- majoritarianism — rule by a majority, especially the belief that those constituting a simple majority should make the rules for all members of a group, nation, etc.
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- manhattan beach — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- māori battalion — the Māori unit of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- matta echaurren — Roberto Antonio Sebastián [raw-ver-taw ahn-taw-nyaw se-vahs-tyahn] /rɔˈvɛr tɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2002, Chilean painter.
- member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mental handicap — learning disability
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- mess of pottage — a material gain involving the sacrifice of a higher value
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- metacinnabarite — the black solid form of mercuric sulphide
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metainformation — metadata
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- metalloprotease — (enzyme) metalloproteinase.
- metallotolerant — (biology) Any extremophile that is able to tolerate a high concentration metal ions in its environment.
- metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamathematics — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of mathematics, as number, function, etc.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- metaphase plate — a plane in the equatorial region of the spindle in dividing cells, along which the chromosomes become arranged during the metaphase.
- metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
- methamphetamine — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 0 H 1 5 N, used clinically in the treatment of narcolepsy, hyperkinesia, and for blood pressure maintenance in hypotensive states: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- micrometastases — Plural form of micrometastasis.
- micrometastasis — The microscopic level action of metastasis, the spread of disease from the primary site to other areas.
- middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- military school — military academy.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae