12-letter words starting with MAL

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• malnutritiona state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
• malfunctionsa failure to function normally
• malnourishednot being provided with adequate nourishment
• malformationan affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
• maltreatmentcruel or inhumane treatment
• maledictionsthe act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
• malefactions
• malignancies(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
• malleabilitythe property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
• malevolentlyin a malevolent manner
• malpracticesprofessional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
• malapropismsthe unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
• malcontented
• malfeasanceswrongful conduct by a public official
• malocclusion(dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally
• malversationmisconduct in public office
• malacologista zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks
• malacologiesthe branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks
• maladjustivepoorly adjusted
• malapertness
• malapropists
• maleficencesdoing or causing evil
• malevolenceswishing evil to others
• malodorously
• malpositionsfaulty position