9-letter words containing a, c, m, e
- mallemuck — mollymawk.
- manchette — armpad.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- manichean — 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.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- manurance — the cultivation or occupation of land
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- masculate — (obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- massacree — (colloquial) A sequence of events so absurd, complicated and uncommon as to be unbelievable.
- massacrer — One who massacres.
- massacres — Plural form of massacre.
- mast cell — a large granular cell, common in connective tissue, that produces heparin, histamine, and serotonin.
- masticate — Chew (food).
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- matchmake — To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mcauliffe — Anthony Clement, 1898–1975, U.S. Army general.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- mcclellan — George Brinton [brin-tn] /ˈbrɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
- me decade — the decade of the 1970s thought of as characterized by narcissism, self-indulgence, and a lack of social concern in many, esp. younger, people (the Me Generation)
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- meatspace — The physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.