12-letter words starting with M
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter M. This section showcases how M at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with M, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| motherfucker | 26 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| mademoiselle | 17 | small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico | - |
| masturbation | 16 | manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure | - |
| metropolitan | 16 | a person who lives in a metropolis | - |
| manufactured | 20 | produced in a large-scale industrial operation | - |
| manipulation | 16 | exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | his manipulation of his friends was scandalous |
| manslaughter | 18 | homicide without malice aforethought | - |
| manufacturer | 19 | someone who manufactures something | - |
| mathematical | 21 | relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers | a mathematical whiz |
| missionaries | 14 | - | - |
| manipulating | 17 | - | - |
| mysteriously | 20 | in a cryptic manner | - |
| municipality | 21 | an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | - |
| miraculously | 19 | in a miraculous manner | my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips |
| manipulative | 19 | skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child |
| melodramatic | 19 | characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | an attitude of melodramatic despair |
| metaphysical | 24 | highly abstract and overly theoretical | metaphysical reasoning |
| menstruation | 14 | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation |
| mythological | 23 | based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | - |
| modification | 20 | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | - |
| malnutrition | 14 | a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods | - |
| mobilization | 25 | act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | mobilization of the country's economic resources |
| magnificence | 22 | splendid or imposing in size or appearance | - |
| moonlighting | 19 | - | - |
| meticulously | 19 | in a meticulous manner | the set was meticulously authentic |
| motivational | 17 | of or relating to motivation | - |
| masquerading | 25 | - | - |
| mountainside | 15 | the side or slope of a mountain | - |
| middleweight | 23 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds | - |
| metaphorical | 21 | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | a metaphorical expression |
| materialized | 24 | - | - |
| multimillion | 16 | - | - |
| misinterpret | 16 | interpret in the wrong way | Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism |
| mechanically | 24 | in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism | this door opens mechanically |
| marksmanship | 25 | skill in shooting | - |
| mistreatment | 16 | the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother |
| menstruating | 15 | - | - |
| misdirection | 17 | management that is careless or inefficient | - |
| malnourished | 18 | not being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
| misogynistic | 20 | hating women in particular | - |
| marriageable | 17 | of girls or women who are eligible to marry | - |
| methodically | 23 | in a methodical manner | she worked methodically |
| memorization | 25 | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | the actor's memorization of his lines |
| megalomaniac | 19 | a pathological egotist | - |
| musicianship | 21 | artistry in performing music | - |
| monotheistic | 19 | believing that there is only one god | - |
| misbehaviour | 22 | improper or wicked or immoral behavior | - |
| misadventure | 18 | an instance of misfortune | - |
| multipurpose | 18 | having multiple uses | a multipurpose tool |
| multicolored | 17 | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | - |
| misconstrued | 17 | - | - |
| motorcyclist | 21 | a traveler who rides a motorcycle | - |
| malformation | 19 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| microbiology | 22 | the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans | - |
| mobilisation | 16 | act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | - |
| miniaturized | 24 | - | - |
| misdemeanour | 17 | a crime less serious than a felony | - |
| monumentally | 19 | - | - |
| masturbatory | 19 | - | - |
| materialised | 15 | - | - |
| militaristic | 16 | imbued with militarism | - |
| misrepresent | 16 | tamper, with the purpose of deception | - |
| musicologist | 17 | a student of musicology | - |
| monofilament | 19 | - | - |
| miscalculate | 18 | judge incorrectly | - |
| multivitamin | 19 | a pill or tablet containing several vitamins | - |
| multilingual | 15 | using or knowing more than one language | a multilingual translator |
| maneuverable | 19 | capable of maneuvering or changing position | a highly maneuverable ship |
| masterstroke | 18 | an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
| macrobiotics | 20 | the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
| majestically | 26 | in a majestic manner | flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes |
| magnetically | 20 | by the use of magnetism | magnetically contaminated material |
| multiplicity | 21 | a large number | - |
| maltreatment | 16 | cruel or inhumane treatment | - |
| manoeuvrable | 19 | capable of maneuvering or changing position | - |
| metamorphose | 21 | change completely the nature or appearance of | In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug |
| monopolistic | 18 | having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant | - |
| mindlessness | 15 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| mythologized | 31 | - | - |
| monotonously | 17 | in a monotonous manner | the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful |
| marvellously | 20 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | - |
| magnetometer | 17 | a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields | - |
| microclimate | 20 | - | - |
| mulligatawny | 21 | a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base | - |
| meaningfully | 21 | in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful | He glanced at her meaningfully |
| metropolises | 16 | - | - |
| methotrexate | 24 | toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | - |
| microsurgery | 20 | surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | - |
| merchandised | 21 | - | - |
| misanthropic | 21 | believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | - |
| ministration | 14 | assistance in time of difficulty | - |
| motorcycling | 22 | riding a motorcycle | motorcycling is a dangerous sport |
| multilateral | 14 | having many parts or sides | - |
| maximization | 32 | the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | - |
| magistrature | 15 | the position of magistrate | - |
| methylamines | 22 | - | - |
| metronomical | 18 | - | - |
| metrorrhagia | 18 | bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer) | - |
| mezzotinters | 32 | - | - |
| mezzotinting | 33 | - | - |
| microamperes | 20 | - | - |
| microanalyst | 19 | - | - |
| metrologists | 15 | - | - |
| metrological | 17 | of or relating to metrology | - |
| methylations | 20 | - | - |
| methylphenol | 25 | - | - |
| methysergide | 22 | - | - |
| meticulosity | 19 | strict attention to minute details | - |
| metoestruses | 14 | - | - |
| metoposcopic | 22 | - | - |
| metrications | 16 | - | - |
| microanatomy | 21 | - | - |
| microbalance | 20 | balance for weighing very small objects | - |
| microcopying | 24 | - | - |
| microcracked | 25 | - | - |
| microcrystal | 21 | - | - |
| microculture | 18 | - | - |
| microdontous | 17 | - | - |
| microelement | 18 | - | - |
| microfibrils | 21 | - | - |
| microfilaria | 19 | - | - |
| microcircuit | 20 | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component | - |
| microbrewers | 21 | - | - |
| microbrewery | 24 | a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
| microbrewing | 22 | - | - |
| microbubbles | 22 | - | - |
| microcapsule | 20 | - | - |
| microcephals | 23 | - | - |
| microcephaly | 26 | an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | - |
| microchipped | 26 | - | - |
| microfilings | 20 | - | - |
| methoxychlor | 32 | - | - |
| metastasises | 14 | - | - |
| metastasized | 24 | - | - |
| metastasizes | 23 | - | - |
| metatheories | 17 | - | - |
| metatherians | 17 | - | - |
| metathesised | 18 | - | - |
| metathesises | 17 | - | - |
| metathesized | 27 | - | - |
| metastasised | 15 | - | - |
| metasomatism | 18 | - | - |
| metaphorists | 19 | - | - |
| metaphrasing | 20 | - | - |
| metaphrastic | 21 | - | - |
| metapolitics | 18 | - | - |
| metapsychics | 26 | - | - |
| metasequoias | 23 | - | - |
| metasilicate | 16 | - | - |
| metathesizes | 26 | - | - |
| metathetical | 19 | - | - |
| metathoraces | 19 | - | - |
| meteorologic | 17 | of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | meteorological factors |
| methacrylate | 22 | - | - |
| methanations | 17 | - | - |
| methanometer | 19 | - | - |
| methaqualone | 26 | sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse | - |
| methenamines | 19 | - | - |
| methicillins | 19 | - | - |
| meteorolites | 14 | - | - |
| meteorograph | 20 | - | - |
| metathoracic | 21 | - | - |
| metathoraxes | 24 | - | - |
| metatungstic | 17 | - | - |
| metempirical | 20 | - | - |
| metencephala | 21 | - | - |
| meteorically | 19 | - | - |
| meteoritical | 16 | of or relating to or caused by meteorites | - |
| meteorograms | 17 | - | - |
| microtechnic | 23 | - | - |
| middlebrowed | 22 | - | - |
| middlebuster | 18 | - | - |
| midlatitudes | 16 | - | - |
| midlittorals | 15 | - | - |
| midshipmates | 22 | - | - |
| mifepristone | 19 | an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo | - |
| mightinesses | 18 | - | - |
| middensteads | 17 | - | - |
| micturitions | 16 | - | - |
| microtomical | 20 | - | - |
| microtomists | 18 | - | - |
| microtonally | 19 | - | - |
| microtubular | 18 | - | - |
| microtubules | 18 | - | - |
| microvillous | 19 | - | - |
| microwavable | 24 | - | - |
| microwriters | 19 | - | - |
| migrationist | 15 | - | - |
| militantness | 14 | - | - |
| militarising | 15 | - | - |
| millihenries | 17 | - | - |
| millilambert | 18 | - | - |
| millimicrons | 18 | - | - |
| millionaires | 14 | - | - |
| millionnaire | 14 | - | - |
| milliradians | 15 | - | - |
| milliseconds | 17 | - | - |
| millisievert | 17 | - | - |
| milligrammes | 19 | - | - |
| millidegrees | 16 | - | - |
| militarizing | 24 | - | - |
| millefeuille | 17 | - | - |
| millenarians | 14 | - | - |
| millenarisms | 16 | - | - |
| millennially | 17 | - | - |
| millesimally | 19 | - | - |
| milliamperes | 18 | - | - |
| millocracies | 18 | - | - |
| microfilmers | 21 | - | - |
| microhabitat | 21 | - | - |
| microinjects | 25 | - | - |
| micrological | 19 | - | - |
| micrologists | 17 | - | - |
| micromanaged | 20 | - | - |
| micromanager | 19 | - | - |
| micromanages | 19 | - | - |
| micromethods | 22 | - | - |
| microgrooves | 20 | - | - |
| microgravity | 23 | - | - |
| microfilming | 22 | - | - |
| microfilters | 19 | - | - |
| microfossils | 19 | - | - |
| microgametes | 19 | - | - |
| microgranite | 17 | - | - |
| micrographed | 23 | - | - |
| micrographer | 22 | - | - |
| micrographic | 24 | - | - |
| micrometries | 18 | - | - |
| microneedles | 17 | - | - |
| micronucleus | 18 | - | - |
| microscopies | 20 | - | - |
| microscopist | 20 | a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes | - |
| microseconds | 19 | - | - |
| microseismic | 20 | - | - |
| microspecies | 20 | - | - |
| microspheres | 21 | - | - |
| microsporous | 18 | - | - |
| microstomous | 18 | - | - |
| microreaders | 17 | - | - |
| micropterous | 18 | - | - |
| micropayment | 23 | - | - |
| microphagous | 22 | - | - |
| microphonics | 23 | - | - |
| microphysics | 26 | - | - |
| micropipette | 20 | - | - |
| micropolises | 18 | - | - |
| microprinted | 19 | - | - |
| microprogram | 21 | - | - |
| microsurgeon | 17 | - | - |
| metaperiodic | 19 | - | - |
| mellifluence | 19 | - | - |
| memorialized | 26 | - | - |
| memorializer | 25 | - | - |
| memorializes | 25 | - | - |
| memorisation | 16 | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | - |
| menaquinones | 23 | - | - |
| mendaciously | 20 | in a mendacious and untruthful manner | - |
| mendeleviums | 20 | - | - |
| memorialists | 16 | - | - |
| memorialises | 16 | - | - |
| melliphagous | 20 | - | - |
| mellownesses | 17 | - | - |
| mellowspeaks | 23 | - | - |
| membranously | 21 | - | - |
| memorability | 21 | the quality of being worth remembering | continuous change results in lack of memorability |
| memorialised | 17 | - | - |
| memorialiser | 16 | - | - |
| mendicancies | 19 | - | - |
| meningiomata | 17 | - | - |
| meningitides | 16 | - | - |
| mephitically | 24 | - | - |
| meprobamates | 20 | - | - |
| mercantilism | 18 | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | - |
| mercantilist | 16 | - | - |
| mercenarisms | 18 | - | - |
| merchandiser | 20 | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | - |
| merchandises | 20 | - | - |
| mentonnieres | 14 | - | - |
| mensurations | 14 | - | - |
| meningitises | 15 | - | - |
| meningoceles | 17 | - | - |
| meningococci | 21 | - | - |
| meniscectomy | 23 | surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee | - |
| menispermums | 20 | - | - |
| menorrhagias | 18 | - | - |
| merchandized | 30 | - | - |
| melioratives | 17 | - | - |
| mechanizable | 30 | - | - |
| medicamented | 20 | - | - |
| medievalisms | 20 | - | - |
| medievalists | 18 | - | - |
| mediocracies | 19 | - | - |
| mediocrities | 17 | - | - |
| meditatively | 21 | in a meditative manner | round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him |
| meetinghouse | 18 | a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | - |
| megacephalic | 24 | - | - |
| medicamental | 19 | - | - |
| medicalizing | 27 | - | - |
| mechatronics | 21 | - | - |
| medallioning | 16 | - | - |
| meddlesomely | 21 | - | - |
| mediaevalism | 20 | - | - |
| mediaevalist | 18 | - | - |
| mediatorship | 20 | - | - |
| mediatresses | 15 | - | - |
| medicalising | 18 | - | - |
| megaloblasts | 17 | - | - |
| megalocardia | 18 | an abnormal enlargement of the heart | - |
| melanisation | 14 | - | - |
| melanization | 23 | - | - |
| melanoblasts | 16 | - | - |
| melanochroic | 21 | - | - |
| melanophores | 19 | - | - |
| melanosities | 14 | - | - |
| melanotropin | 16 | - | - |
| melanterites | 14 | - | - |
| melancholily | 22 | - | - |
| melancholies | 19 | - | - |
| megalomanias | 17 | - | - |
| megalosaurus | 15 | gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | - |
| megaprojects | 26 | - | - |
| megatonnages | 16 | - | - |
| megavitamins | 20 | - | - |
| melancholiac | 21 | someone subject to melancholia | - |
| melancholias | 19 | - | - |
| melancholics | 21 | - | - |
| meliorations | 14 | - | - |
| mesophyllous | 22 | - | - |
| metabolising | 17 | - | - |
| metabolizing | 26 | - | - |
| metabolomics | 20 | - | - |
| metabotropic | 20 | - | - |
| metacentrics | 18 | - | - |
| metacercaria | 18 | - | - |
| metachronism | 21 | - | - |
| metacomputer | 20 | - | - |
| messiahships | 22 | - | - |
| messengering | 16 | - | - |
| mesothelioma | 19 | a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust | - |
| mesotheliums | 19 | - | - |
| mesothoraces | 19 | - | - |
| mesothoracic | 21 | - | - |
| mesothoraxes | 24 | - | - |
| mesothoriums | 19 | - | - |
| mesquineries | 23 | - | - |
| messeigneurs | 15 | - | - |
| metafictions | 19 | - | - |
| metagalactic | 19 | - | - |
| metagalaxies | 22 | - | - |
| metallophone | 19 | - | - |
| metallurgies | 15 | - | - |
| metallurgist | 15 | an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals | - |
| metalworkers | 21 | - | - |
| metalworking | 22 | the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | - |
| metamorphism | 23 | change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances | - |
| metamorphist | 21 | - | - |
| metallogenic | 17 | - | - |
| metallocenes | 16 | - | - |
| metagnathism | 20 | - | - |
| metagnathous | 18 | - | - |
| metalanguage | 16 | a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
| metaldehydes | 22 | - | - |
| metaleptical | 18 | - | - |
| metalization | 23 | - | - |
| metallically | 19 | - | - |
| metallidings | 16 | - | - |
| metamorphous | 21 | of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) | - |
| mesomorphous | 21 | - | - |
| merchandizer | 29 | - | - |
| mercuriality | 19 | - | - |
| mercurialize | 25 | - | - |
| mereological | 17 | - | - |
| meretricious | 16 | tastelessly showy | a meretricious yet stylish book |
| meridionally | 18 | - | - |
| meristematic | 18 | - | - |
| meristically | 19 | - | - |
| meritocratic | 18 | relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy | meritocratic society |
| mercurialist | 16 | - | - |
| mercurialism | 18 | - | - |
| merchandizes | 29 | - | - |
| merchantable | 21 | fit to be offered for sale | - |
| merchantings | 20 | - | - |
| merchantlike | 23 | - | - |
| merchantries | 19 | - | - |
| mercifulness | 19 | a disposition to be kind and forgiving | in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband |
| mercurations | 16 | - | - |
| mercurialise | 16 | - | - |
| meroplankton | 20 | - | - |
| merrymakings | 24 | - | - |
| merrythought | 24 | - | - |
| mesocephalic | 23 | - | - |
| mesocyclones | 21 | - | - |
| mesogastrium | 17 | - | - |
| mesognathies | 18 | - | - |
| mesognathism | 20 | - | - |
| mesognathous | 18 | - | - |
| mesohippuses | 21 | - | - |
| mesomorphies | 21 | - | - |
| mesoamerican | 18 | a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica | - |
| mesmerically | 21 | - | - |
| merveilleuse | 17 | - | - |
| mesalliances | 16 | - | - |
| mesencephala | 21 | - | - |
| mesenteritis | 14 | - | - |
| mesenteronic | 16 | - | - |
| meshuggenahs | 22 | - | - |
| meshuggenehs | 22 | - | - |
| meshuggeners | 19 | - | - |
| mesomorphism | 23 | - | - |
| mithridatise | 18 | - | - |
| mobocratical | 20 | - | - |
| mockingbirds | 24 | - | - |
| mockumentary | 25 | - | - |
| moderateness | 15 | quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | - |
| moderatrices | 17 | - | - |
| moderatrixes | 22 | - | - |
| mnemotechnic | 23 | of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory | - |
| mnemonically | 21 | - | - |
| mithridatism | 20 | - | - |
| mithridatize | 27 | - | - |
| mitochondria | 20 | - | - |
| mitogenicity | 20 | - | - |
| mitrailleurs | 14 | - | - |
| mitrailleuse | 14 | - | - |
| mixabilities | 23 | - | - |
| mixobarbaric | 27 | - | - |
| modernnesses | 15 | - | - |
| modificative | 23 | - | - |
| molecularity | 19 | - | - |
| molestations | 14 | - | - |
| molluscicide | 19 | - | - |
| molluscoidal | 17 | - | - |
| mollycoddled | 22 | - | - |
| mollycoddler | 21 | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | - |
| mollycoddles | 21 | - | - |
| molybdenites | 20 | - | - |
| molecatchers | 21 | - | - |
| moisturizing | 24 | - | - |
| modificatory | 23 | - | - |
| modishnesses | 18 | - | - |
| modulability | 20 | - | - |
| modularities | 15 | - | - |
| moistureless | 14 | - | - |
| moisturisers | 14 | - | - |
| moisturising | 15 | - | - |
| moisturizers | 23 | - | - |
| molybdenoses | 20 | - | - |
| misventurous | 17 | - | - |
| mispackaging | 24 | - | - |
| misquotation | 23 | an incorrect quotation | - |
| misreckoning | 21 | a mistake in calculating | - |
| misrecording | 18 | - | - |
| misreference | 19 | - | - |
| misreferring | 18 | - | - |
| misregisters | 15 | - | - |
| misrelations | 14 | - | - |
| misremembers | 20 | - | - |
| mispunctuate | 18 | - | - |
| mispronounce | 18 | pronounce a word incorrectly | She mispronounces many Latinate words |
| misperceived | 22 | - | - |
| misperceives | 21 | - | - |
| mispersuaded | 18 | - | - |
| mispersuades | 17 | - | - |
| misplacement | 20 | faulty position | - |
| mispleadings | 18 | - | - |
| mispositions | 16 | - | - |
| misprogramed | 20 | - | - |
| misrendering | 16 | - | - |
| misreporters | 16 | - | - |
| misreporting | 17 | - | - |
| misstatement | 16 | a statement that contains a mistake | - |
| missummation | 18 | - | - |
| mistakenness | 18 | - | - |
| mistempering | 19 | - | - |
| mistranslate | 14 | translate incorrectly | - |
| mistreadings | 16 | - | - |
| mistressless | 14 | - | - |
| misspellings | 17 | - | - |
| missionizing | 24 | - | - |
| missiologies | 15 | - | - |
| missionarise | 14 | - | - |
| missionarize | 23 | - | - |
| missionisers | 14 | - | - |
| missionising | 15 | - | - |
| missionizers | 23 | - | - |
| mistrustless | 14 | - | - |
| monogamously | 20 | - | - |
| monolatrists | 14 | - | - |
| monolinguals | 15 | - | - |
| monolinguist | 15 | - | - |
| monologising | 16 | - | - |
| monologizing | 25 | - | - |
| monologuised | 16 | - | - |
| monologuises | 15 | - | - |
| monologuists | 15 | - | - |
| monohydrogen | 22 | - | - |
| monohydrates | 21 | - | - |
| monogenistic | 17 | - | - |
| monogrammers | 19 | - | - |
| monogramming | 20 | - | - |
