10-Letter Nouns Starting With M

1. the act of managing something

2. those in charge of running a business

1. the body of members of an organization or group

2. the state of being a member

1. the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)

1. transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

1. a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

1. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

2. the act of treating with medicines or remedies

1. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

2. the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

1. a span of 1000 years

2. (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness

1. the prevailing current of thought

1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

2. the condition of being motivated

1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

2. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

1. device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

1. a written proposal or reminder

1. the form of a literary work submitted for publication

2. handwritten book or document

1. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

2. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

1. someone who upholds or maintains

1. research with the use of microscopes

1. magnifier of the image of small objects

1. a musical passage moving from one key to another

2. (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

1. someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

2. someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

1. bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law

1. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants

2. studies of the rules for forming admissible words

1. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

2. a change for the better

1. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

2. people living in a large densely populated municipality

1. any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules

1. a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)

1. painting done in a range of tones of a single color

2. a black-and-white photograph or slide

1. the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied

1. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

2. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

1. the act of motivating; providing incentive

1. infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

1. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

2. an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

1. a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

2. suspension of an ongoing activity

1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness

2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

1. two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

1. coming to full development; becoming mature

2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

1. tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum

2. perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum

1. someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

1. a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics

2. a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism

1. a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin

1. the science and technology of metals

1. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

2. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

1. small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material

1. the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body

1. a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person

2. an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks

1. egg yolks and oil and vinegar

1. someone who creates new things

2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

1. a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

1. mild white Italian cheese

1. a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition

1. a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric

2. a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

1. the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body

1. a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

1. a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel

1. any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)

1. an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

2. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something

1. the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them

1. any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection

1. a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head

2. spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat

1. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

2. quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

1. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

2. a person of second-rate ability or value

1. surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor

1. a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

1. the middle muscular layer of the heart wall

1. a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

1. a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

2. caliper for measuring small distances

1. the scholarly and scientific study of music

1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

1. East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit

2. two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples

1. the country where you were born

1. an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

1. a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions

2. any muscular weakness

1. a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad

1. a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside

2. a small house

1. a short thin stick of wood used in making matches

1. North American songbirds having a yellow breast

1. belief in a single God

1. someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something

1. occurring in more than one stage

1. someone who is successful in accumulating wealth

2. a project that generates a continuous flow of money

1. misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

1. a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope.

1. a person who is discontented or disgusted

1. the property of sounding like music

1. any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes

1. a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

1. a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

1. a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant

1. a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

1. microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora