9-letter words containing a, k, e, r
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- mackellar — Dorothea. 1885–1968, Australian poet, who wrote My Country, Australia's best known poem
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- major key — a key whose essential harmony is based on the major scale.
- make over — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
- makeovers — Plural form of makeover.
- makeready — the final adjustment of the printing surfaces on a press by the use of leveling devices, overlays, underlays, etc.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- marrakesh — a city in W Morocco.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- merrimack — a town in S New Hampshire.
- metalmark — any of the small, mostly tropical butterflies of the family Riodinidae, often having metallic-colored flecks on the wings.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- mismarked — Simple past tense and past participle of mismark.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- muckraker — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mullarkey — Alternative form of malarkey.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- neckbrace — (emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- nonmarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- nontalker — a person who does not talk, whether a small child who does not yet talk or an adult who is not talkative
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.