12-letter words starting with m
- mossycup oak — bur oak
- moth mullein — a weedy, European mullein, Verbascum blattaria, of the figwort family, having lance-shaped leaves and loose spikes of white or yellow flowers.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- mother earth — the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.
- mother goose — the fictitious author of a collection of nursery rhymes first published in London (about 1760) under the title of Mother Goose's Melody.
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
- mother-seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
- mother-to-be — A mother-to-be is a woman who is pregnant, especially for the first time.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- motion study — time and motion study.
- motionlessly — In a motionless manner; without moving.
- motivational — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- motoneuronal — of or pertaining to a motoneuron
- motor cortex — the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with transmitting impulses to the voluntary muscles.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- motor neuron — a nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.
- motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
- motor sailer — a yacht having sails and an engine as an alternative or auxiliary means of propulsion.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- motor-minded — disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- motorcycling — Present participle of motorcycle.
- motorcyclist — a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
- motorisation — Alternative spelling of motorization.
- motorization — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- motorscooter — A motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- motu proprio — any of certain documents issued by the pope without counsel from others.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moulin rouge — a dance hall in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, opened in 1889 and famous for its cancan dancers and the drawings of its performers and customers made there by Toulouse-Lautrec.
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mount egmont — an extinct volcano in New Zealand, in W central North Island in the Egmont National Park: an almost perfect cone. Height: 2518 m (8261 ft)
- mount elbert — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range. Height: 4399 m (14 431 ft)
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)