9-letter words starting with m
- manage up — to build a successful working relationship with a superior, manager, or employer
- manassite — a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- manawydan — a brother of Bran, Efnisien, and Branwen, and the second husband of Rhiannon: he rescued Pryderi from enchantments cast upon him by Llwyd.
- mancation — a holiday for a group of men, esp. one that involves typically masculine pursuits
- manchette — armpad.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- mancunian — a native or resident of Manchester, England.
- mandarine — Alternative spelling of mandarin (in the term
- mandarins — Plural form of mandarin.
- mandatary — a person or nation holding a mandate.
- mandating — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- mandilion — a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- mandylion — a loose garment formerly worn over armour
- maneouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- maneuvers — Plural form of maneuver.
- maneuvres — Plural form of maneuvre.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- mangabeys — Plural form of mangabey.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangaluru — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- manganate — (chemistry) Any compound containing the manganate ion, MnO42-.
- manganese — a hard, brittle, grayish-white, metallic element, an oxide of which, MnO 2 (manganese dioxide) is a valuable oxidizing agent: used chiefly as an alloying agent in steel to give it toughness. Symbol: Mn; atomic weight: 54.938; atomic number: 25; specific gravity: 7.2 at 20°C.
- manganite — a gray to black mineral, hydrous manganese oxide, MnO(OH); gray manganese ore.
- manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
- mangetout — A vegetable pea eaten when immature.
- manginess — The condition of being mangy.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- mangroves — Plural form of mangrove.
- mangulate — to bend or twist out of shape; mangle
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manhattan — Also called Manhattan Island. an island in New York City surrounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers. 13½ miles (22 km) long; 2½ miles (4 km) greatest width; 22¼ sq. mi. (58 sq. km).
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manically — In a manic manner.
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicotti — a dish consisting of large, tubular noodles stuffed with a mild cheese and baked in a tomato sauce.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.