10-letter words starting with ma
- maharishis — Plural form of maharishi.
- mahasattva — A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- mahoganies — Plural form of mahogany.
- maidenhair — any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
- maidenhead — the hymen.
- maidenhood — the state or time of being a maiden or virgin.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- maidenweed — a plant with finely separated leaves
- mail clerk — a person who performs clerical work in a post office
- mail coach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- mail merge — (messaging) A function of some word processing software (e.g. Microsoft Word) that produces multiple instances of a document by substituting different text strings from a database in place of certain field markers. This is often done with envelopes, resumes, spam, and various other mass mailings.
- mail order — shopping by post
- mail train — a train that transports letters, packages, etc
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- maimonides — (Moses ben Maimon"RaMBaM") 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.
- main brace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- main plane — one of the principal supporting surfaces of an aircraft, esp either of the wings
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- main store — main memory
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- maine coon — one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- mainlander — a person who lives on a mainland.
- mainlining — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- mainstream — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- maintained — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- maintainer — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- maintainor — a person guilty of maintenance.
- maisonette — a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- majestical — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- major axis — the axis of an ellipse that passes through the two foci.
- major mode — major scale.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- major term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- major-domo — a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign; a chief steward.
- majordomos — Plural form of majordomo.
- majorettes — Plural form of majorette.
- majorities — Plural form of majority.
- majusculae — Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
- majuscular — (of letters) uppercase, capitalized.
- majuscules — Plural form of majuscule.
- make a hit — If you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you.
- make after — to set off in pursuit of; chase