12-Letter Words Starting with M

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

Having long wings.

Magisterium

Magistracy.

The outer boundary of the magnetosphere.

Man, long quiet, getting drunk and boastful

Lofty quote naming suspect, criminal finally caught

Adjective (-ive)

Stops working for most stag parties

Provided with inadequate sustenance

With oil run out, abandoned after parent became short of food

Starved

Run into Tamil building for lack of food

Lack of adequate nourishment

Severe lack of proper food

Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.

Malodorous

MANEUVER to perform a stratagem skilfully

Manfulness

""MANIPULATE To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.""

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Inclined to control others

Machiavellian as a physiotherapist (wordplay)

Unscrupulously controlling

Manipulator

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

Ho ho ho, maybe

Crime of unpremeditated killing

Bloke's mirth is killing

Curate involved with mad fun? It's artificial

Made

Fellow switched future car brand

Maker of goods

Fabricator makes things up presumably

Manufacture

Manumission

Maquiladora

Mariculture

Marquessate

Marqueterie

Marquisette

MASCULINISE

Masculinise

MASCULINIZE

Masculinize

Space men, witches, clowns, etc.

Pretending

""MASTURBATE To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm.""

Onanism; selfpollution.

Masturbator

MASTURBATOR

Matriculant

Enrolled.

Registers as a student

""MATURATION The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.""

Hesitant to state facts (2 words)

Smooth tongued - too squeamish

Afraid to speak frankly

Meaningful

Sizes of certain players in foreign teams

Calculates workers at the bar inside for the designer

Judges locking up workers for first time seen on tapes

Quaker place of worship

Quaker church

Quaker building

Membranous

In a lying manner

Mendelevium

Discharging menstrual fluid; -- of women during their menstrual period.

""The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.""

Mensuration

MERCIFUL full of mercy

Mercuration

Courier-Times (anagram) - tacky

Superficially attractive but worthless

Concentrated on going after funny bone

Wishbone, however, swallowed by slightly drunk head of table

Meshuggener

MESOPHYLL

Plural of Monseigneur .

Any language that can be used to describe another language or system of symbols.

Metallurgy

Studier of certain elements or alloys

Expert in smelting, refining, etc.

Shockingly ill-treat smug scientist

Metasequoia

""A potentially habit-forming drug, C 16 H 14 N 2 O, formerly used as a sedative and hypnotic.""

Strict attention to minute details; the quality of being meticulous.

Meticulous

""A small, sometimes microscopic capsule designed to release its contents when broken by pressure, dissolved, or melted.""

Chip component

Computer component with extremely small perimeter

""Biology A small-scale culture of organisms, cells, or tissues.""

Pl. micronuclei (-kl - ) or micronucleuses The smaller of two nuclei in ciliate protozoans that contains genetic material and functions in reproduction.

""MICROSPORE One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.""

Grimy scourer (anagram)

Small cuts to be made in this theatrical performance (wordplay)

Medical intervention a conflation of mercy and rigours (wordplay)

""Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport.""

Microtubule

Adjective (-ous)

Micturition

Midlatitude

Miniaturist

MINIATURIZE To design or construct on a smaller scale.

Miniaturize

Electronic development of the 1960's

Small digital electronic device

Laptop, for example

Minuteness

Magically

MIRTHFUL full of mirth

Misadjust

Bad luck; accidental killing

Tortuous drive meant us having accident

Unfortunate incident

""ATTRIBUTE To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).""

Misbutton

What a bad summer will do (wordplay)

Judge incorrectly

COMPUTING compute

Misconduct

Interpreted wrongly

Strange documents sir interpreted wrongly

Consider smut could have been taken the wrong way

Misconstrue

EDUCATING educate

""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""

EVALUATED evaluate

Misevaluate

Misfocus

Misfunction

Misguidance

Misjudgment

Say "cachet" as "ca-CHET," say

Say wrongly

Timid people, covering second part of speech, don't sound right

Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

""(tr) to change the tone, pitch, or volume of""

Modularity

MOISTURISE

Moisturizer

MOISTURIZE

An agent that kills mollusks.

Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments.

MONOCULTURE

Monoculture

Monogamous

Monolingual

Monologuist

Mononuclear

MONONUCLEATE

With boring regularity

By way of memorial.

A person who is deemed to be worthless or despicable; -- obscene and highly offensive.

Motherhouse

MOTONEURON

They're inclined to explore county without borders in state west of Queen's

Skier's place

Increase area within ski slope, maybe (wordplay)

Where marmots and chamois live

Mountaintop

Mountebank

Superlative adjective

Sad feeling

I needed a few pointers, and I was...

'I needed a few pointers, and I was...'

""Any of various fishes, especially of the genera Haplochromis and Tilapia, that carry their eggs and young in the mouth.""

""Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. as, a mucilaginous liquid.""

Mucopeptide

Mucoprotein

Silly and confused

Confused mess for principal to take to writer

Confused

Mudslinging

Muliebrity

Mulishness

Curry-flavoured soup

Curry-flavored soup

Curry flavoured soup

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Multicolor

Plural or third person singular

Noun (-ment)

Plural or third person singular

Having many aspects

Having many aspects or characteristics

Many-sided

Many and various

Of various kinds

Having many aspects

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing.

Applying to many nations etc

Agreed by three or more parties

Involving several parties

Multilayer

Multilevel

Like many at the U.N.

Fluent in French, German and Italian, say

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Multinomial

""Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells. as, multinuclear cells.""

Involving many sections

Noun (-ure)

MULTIPLEXER multiplex

Multiplex

Multiplexor

The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication. multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Host put illicit rum with my round

Large number or variety

Great variety

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Having many prongs.

Serving many functions

Adaptable, versatile

MULTISENSE

Offering or involving a variety of services: a multiservice agency for the elderly.

Multiskill

Plural or third person singular

Past tense or past participle

Having several stories: a multistory hotel.

Male (classy) left bird seeking directions - men can't seem to do it!

Past tense or past participle

Past tense or past participle

""Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.""

Multivalent

MULTIVARIATE

Big campus, today

Daily dietary supplement

Pill containing several food constituents

Producing several broods in a single season: multivoltine moths.

Word with prefix multi-

District with cup in Italy? I'm excited

""To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry.as, a municipalized industry.""

Munificence

Munificent

Musculature

""The discipline of museum design, organization, and management.""

Museologist

MUSICALISE

Musicality

MUSICALIZE

Instrumental prowess - Pisa is Munich (anagram)

Skill in performance showing player is with it

Members of Scottish Chamber perhaps happening to show ability

Musicology

The historical and scientific study of music.

Mutability

The degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{3}; -- said of mutagens.

Mutational