9-letter words containing a, i, r, m, n
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- mainframe — a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users.
- mainliner — Slang. a person who mainlines.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- maistring — ruling or subduing
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mammering — to stammer or mutter.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mandarine — Alternative spelling of mandarin (in the term
- mandarins — Plural form of mandarin.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- mannerism — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- mannerist — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- manriding — relating to the carrying of miners around a mine
- mansionry — (obsolete) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- margarine — a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- marginate — having a margin.
- margining — Present participle of margin.
- marianism — any religious system emphasizing worship of or devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- marijuana — hemp (def 1).
- 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.
- marinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marinate.
- marinette — a city in NE Wisconsin.
- marinetti — Emilio Filippo Tommaso [e-mee-lyaw fee-leep-paw tawm-mah-zaw] /ɛˈmi lyɔ fiˈlip pɔ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1944, Italian writer.
- mariniere — (of shellfish) served in white wine and onion sauce
- marinus i — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marooning — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- martin ii — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- martin iv — (Simon de BrieorSimon de Brion) c1210–85, French ecclesiastic: pope 1281–85.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.