9-letter words containing a, d, e, m
- mala fide — in bad faith; not genuine.
- malanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- maltitude — (math) Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.
- man-sized — large; big; generous: a man-sized sandwich.
- mandarine — Alternative spelling of mandarin (in the term
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- mansarded — Having a mansard roof.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- mappemond — a map of the world
- marauders — Plural form of marauder.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- marinaded — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marinades — Plural form of marinade.
- marinated — Simple past tense and past participle of marinate.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marmalade — a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
- marrooned — Simple past tense and past participle of marroon.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marvelled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- masonried — built of masonry
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- masterdom — complete control; mastery
- mastheads — Plural form of masthead.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- mattified — Simple past tense and past participle of mattify.
- maturated — Simple past tense and past participle of maturate.
- maundered — Simple past tense and past participle of maunder.
- maunderer — A babbler, a mumbler, one who speaks incessantly.
- maxed out — maximum.
- maxidress — a dress that reaches the ankle
- maximised — Simple past tense and past participle of maximise.
- maximized — Simple past tense and past participle of maximize.
- mazaedium — a fruiting body of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota in which there is a powdery mass of spores.
- mazedness — (obsolete) The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.