14-letter words starting with m
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- magnox reactor — a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and uranium cased in magnox as the fuel
- mahatma gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- mail exchanger — (messaging) A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- maine coon cat — one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- majesticalness — the glory or majesty of someone or something
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- major prophets — theology
- major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
- make a bargain — to agree on terms
- make a dent in — a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make a fuss of — If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
- make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- make a joke of — If you make a joke of something, you laugh at it even though it is in fact rather serious or sad.
- make a killing — If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make a meal of — to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
- make a meal on — to eat as a meal
- make a muck of — to ruin or spoil
- make a stab at — to make an attempt at
- make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
- make an end of — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make ends meet — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
- make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- malacophyllous — (of plants living in dry regions) having fleshy leaves in which water is stored
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation