10-Letter Words Starting with M

Mercurate

Mercurial

Feathered fish-eaters

Diving ducks

Relating to an imaginary line through the Poles

Ruler chosen for excellence

""Either of two protein subunits of a myosin molecule, obtained especially through the digestive action of trypsin.""

Merozoite

Merriment

King Cole (wordplay)

King Cole?

One revels in tight score, getting runs

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

""All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast. stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.""

MESMERISE

Bewitches me twice round the section's the lifts

Mesmerism

Hypnotic experts

1986 Jodie Foster film

In a hypnotic trance.

Bewitched, in a way.

One who mesmerizes.

Fascinates

Enthralls

""Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues. as, mesodermal tissues.""

2 types; some strangely change shape at beginning of season

MESOMORPH

It's about 30 miles up

The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. Illust. of Coleoptera.

They have some word for you

Heralds, at times

Hermes and Mercury

Mestranol

Any of ten human bones

Bone in hand

Bone came apart, fragments left

Came across a fish with useless bones

Part of hand between wrist and fingers

Palm bone

""∨ tre The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.""

Art of ore-refining.

Branch of science

One of the sciences.

Metalmark

Metalware

Metalwork

The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.

Like "chariot of fire" for the sun

Not literal

Figurative way to omit chapter where model disappears

Literal translation

Repeat ham's changes - turning prose into verse

Ape and hamster dancing for a solver's final target (this puzzle's is one word)

Of the instep

Bone meal covering various strata

Bone in the foot

Foot part

What Coleridge's wedding guest did with suspect bones

The skeleton of the human foot, consisting of five long bones

The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. Illust. of Coleoptera.

Shower aftermath, maybe

They're seen after a shower

New arrivals on Earth

Of a space-travelling object that has fallen to earth

Space travellers do tiresome rubbish

English word

English word

""METHYLATE An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa. as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.""

In a metrical manner.

METRICIZE

Metricize

Metrify

Metritis

Beat-keeping gizmos

Instruments for Horowitz

They swing on a steady basis

""METRONOME An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.""

Sole import produced in New York, say

New York, home of Shea's tenants

1927 silent film directed by Fritz Lang

Micrify

Microbeam

Microbrew

Sudden localized air current

Sudden violent downrush of air

Severe, storm-related downdraft

Microbus

Potato products in computers (wordplay)

Snack for an amoeba (wordplay)

Byte to eat (wordplay)

""A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.""

""Pl. micrococci (-k k s , -k k ) A spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, usually occurring in irregular clusters.""

Microcode

Tiny universes

Miniature versions

English word

Microcyte

""MICROCYTE One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in an\'91mia.""

The millionth part of a farad.

English word

Tiny tuna (wordplay)

Outmoded data storage

Strange choice firm made for archive medium

Microfilm

Extremely small plants

Microform

English word

Microgram

An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Noun (-age)

""MICROLITE A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.""

Microlith

Microlux

Microlux

Micromere

Tiny distance measure

Precision instrument

Measure of the small-time crime waves engulfing capital

Micromini

English word

Micromole

MICRONIZE

Micronize

A small phagocyte.

Just the instrument for great sound!

Sound investment (wordplay)

Emcee's need

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the relatively small type of leaf produced by club mosses and horsetails Compare megaphyll

English word

Micropore

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog a small prism incorporated in the focusing screen of many single-lens reflex cameras. The prism stops shimmering when the subject is in focus

English word

Botany A minute opening in the ovule of a seed plant through which the pollen tube usually enters.

Micropyle

English word

English word

An eye for detail (wordplay)

This makes for swell viewing!

It blows up in the lab

Seeing Little and Large in road, credit impersonation

""A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus.""

MICROSOME a tiny granule in the cytoplasm of a cell; it consists of ribosomes bound to fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.

Microsome

""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.""

MICROS micro

Microtome

MICROTONE

Microtone

""Pl. microvilli (-v l ) Any of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the surface of certain types of epithelial cells, especially those of the small intestine.""

Microvolt

Microwatt

Cooked quickly

Heated up, warm voice melted heart of model

Zapped

Fast food contrivances

Kitchen contrivances

Currently my blackbird flaps its wings when cooking there

English word

Micrurgy

MICTURATE to pass urine through the ureter; to urinate.

Micturate

Regarded as only moderately intellectual

Not too intellectually stretching

Not very intellectual book found in central part of stalls (wordplay)

Central football player

World Cup player positioned halfway between the goals

Bush supports ascendant though unintelligent player

Midrash

Midstory

Wrong places to change horses

Midsummer

Midwinter

Being headachy, I groan - music, mostly awful!

Whale's exclamation (wordplay)

Engagement parties (wordplay)

Forces one learner, entering American university, to sign

In a military manner.

Build up arms

Having broken limit, stand up and get ready to fight

Limits are set covering one having to build up a fighting force

Hitler's philosophy

Student of science of war

Disbeliever in disarmament.

Provide troops for

Organize for war.

Provide armed forces for

A.   decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century

Having a background with a pattern of flowers and plants.

Millerite

Milliary

Abbr. mc or mCi A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth (10 -3 ) of a curie.

Married slim girl with a fluctuating weight

One induced a little man to wear hats out east

MILLIE (Irish) a young working-class woman

Very small measure of length

Small unit

About .04 inches

English word

Waterwheel's power source

Flow providing power to wheel

Grain grinder's power source

Worker brought in if things grind to a halt (wordplay)

Power clamps will, when adjusted by right craftsman

Local fight with head is advantageous to a factory worker

Reproductive system (wordplay)

Duplicator of old

Office machine.

""Pl. minaudières (-dyârz , -dyâr ) A small ornamental case for a woman's cosmetics, jewelry, or personal items that is often carried as a handbag.""

Astounding occurrence

Fantastic movie

Something astounding

Coal seams providing naval units

MINERAL any of various classes of inorganic substances

Petrify

Rock expert's field

It involves the study of cleavage

Study of valuable rocks

Contents of a Turin tureen (wordplay)

Prelude to pasta, perhaps

Stock's recipe contained in quality soup

Part of an art collection

Great pictures? Far from it

Dollhouse collector's collection

Minibiker

""A short, usually intensive course on a subject of study.""

Minimizer

Roots, for one

Chernobyl or "Roots"

TV phenomenon favoured among sad types

Little attire (wordplay)

Garments with high hemlines

Garments of the 60's

Was a comfort (to)

Performed duties in church perhaps

Gave service.

One serving or aiding

Attendant sprinted short way ahead to junction

Serving little cakes, returning to consume unspecified number

Government departments

Are these the little car's attempts to control the Government (wordplay)

Less numerous groups.

Defeated voting sides

Relatively small groups one newcomer upset in digs

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

MIRACIDIA

Pl -ia [-ɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the flat ciliated larva of flukes that hatches from the egg and gives rise asexually to other larval forms

Our musical interpretation is marvellous

Incredibly wonderful

'Unbelievable!'

Miriness

""Capable of reflecting light like a mirror; flat and reflective; as, the mirrorlike surface of the lake.as, the mirrorlike surface of the lake.""

Vacantly mount hill, fury being dissipated with laughter

Incorrectly label an envelope; note poor trim

Misalter

Misandry

Misaver

Misaward

Punishment catcher

Misbrand

Miscarry

Goes wrong.

CHARGED charge

Mischarge

Miscolor

Is rent scam their undoing (wordplay)

Villains' crimes shatter workers

Depraved, devilish dastards

Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.

Miscreate

A magician does it

Leads astray

Misdraw

Misdrive

Misenroll

Misenter

I'm upset with guards making errors

Subjects of Hugo novel.

Ledge under choir stall seat

Church's "mercy seat"

Dagger gives room for breaking the rules

Misfeasor

First thing you learn in vase class (wordplay)

Blow air after form is lost

Spymaster favours melody that could 21

It's more fun tussling in adversity

Misframe

Doesn't do well - not as a rule

What a bad ruler does

Has trouble running

Misgrade

Misgraft

Misgrow

Misguider