8-letter words containing a, c, m, e
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- majestic — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- male cow — a bull.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maledict — accursed.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- manacled — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- marcella — a female given name.
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.
- marchesa — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchese — an Italian nobleman, equivalent in rank to a marquis.
- massacer — Archaic form of massacre.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- mcaleese — Mary (Patricia). born 1951, Irish politician; president of Ireland (1997–2011)
- mccauley — Mary Ludwig Hays, real name of Molly Pitcher.
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- mcmaster — John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- mcteague — a novel (1899) by Frank Norris.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- medicaid — a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicare — (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- megacosm — (obsolete) A macrocosm.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.