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14-letter words starting with m

  • margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • mariana trench — a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 feet (11,034 meters) deep.
  • mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
  • marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
  • marine science — the branch of science concerned with the sea
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • marital status — whether or not one is married
  • mark-to-market — denoting a system that values assets according to their current market price
  • market economy — a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
  • market segment — a part of a market identifiable as having particular customers with specific buying characteristics
  • marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
  • marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
  • marmalade plum — sapote.
  • marmalade tree — sapote (def 1).
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • marrons glaces — chestnuts cooked in syrup and glazed
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
  • martello tower — a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.
  • martial artist — a person who practises a martial art
  • martin du gard — Roger [raw-zhey] /rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel prize 1937.
  • marumi kumquat — round kumquat.
  • marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
  • marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
  • mary magdalene — Mary of Magdala, whom Jesus healed of possession by devils, Luke 8:2: traditionally identified with the repentant woman whom Jesus forgave. Luke 7:37–50.
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
  • mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
  • massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • master mariner — a sailor who has achieved a level of competence and experience to be qualified to act as captain of a merchant ship
  • master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • master-at-arms — an officer of a fraternal organization, veterans' society, or the like, empowered to maintain order, exclude unauthorized persons, etc.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • matara diamond — a zircon heat-treated to render it colorless: not a true diamond.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
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