16-letter words starting with m
- mahmud of ghazni — a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.
- maid of all work — a maid who does all types of housework
- mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
- main chance, the — one's own advantage or self-interest
- maine coon (cat) — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have been developed in Maine, with a thick, smooth, silky coat and a bushy tail
- mainland britain — England, Wales, and Scotland excluding those adjacent islands governed from the mainland
- mainstream media — newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as opposed to social media
- maintenance crew — a group of people who work together to keep a road, building, vehicle, or machine in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary
- maintenance-free — requiring little or no maintenance: a maintenance-free swimming pool.
- maitre de ballet — ballet master.
- majority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the greater part of the current in a semiconductor. In n-type semiconductors the majority carriers are electrons; in p-type semiconductors they are positively charged holes
- majority opinion — an opinion in a case that is shared by more than half of the members of a court
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- make a break for — run towards
- make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
- make a day of it — to cause an activity to last a day
- make a go of sth — If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.
- make a photocopy — If you make a photocopy of a document, you make a copy of it using a photocopier.
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
- make an issue of — If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
- make the best of — do what you can
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- malapportionment — (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.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- male-voice choir — a choir of male singers
- maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
- maleic hydrazide — a crystalline compound, C 4 N 2 H 4 O 2 , used as a plant growth inhibitor and weed-killer.
- malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
- mallowpuff māori — a Māori who is considered to behave like a white person
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- mamihlapinatapai — A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- man and superman — a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw.
- man booker prize — an annual prize for a work of Commonwealth or Irish fiction of £50,000, awarded as the Booker Prize from 1969–2002
- man of few words — man who speaks very little
- man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
- man of the house — the male head of a household.
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- man-of-the-earth — a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.
- managed currency — a currency whose value is established and maintained by deliberate governmental action working through national and international financial institutions, in contrast to the quasi-automatic gold standard.
- management chart — a chart created by a manager that indicates the time schedule of projects, etc
- management style — the way in which and the methods someone uses in managing a company, business, etc