8-letter words containing a, l, r, m
- malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
- malarial — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malarian — (dated) Relating to malaria; malarial.
- malarkey — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- malaroma — an unpleasant smell
- malgrado — in spite of
- malherbe — François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning
- malibran — Maria Felicita [Spanish mah-ree-ah fe-lee-thee-tah] /Spanish mɑˈri ɑ ˌfɛ liˈθi tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1808–36, Spanish opera singer, born in France.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- mall rat — See example at rat (def 5).
- mallards — Plural form of mallard.
- mallarme — Stéphane [stey-fan] /steɪˈfan/ (Show IPA), 1842–98, French poet.
- mallorca — Majorca.
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- maltreat — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- maltster — a maker of or dealer in malt.
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- mamillar — resembling a breast or nipple
- manarola — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- mandrill — a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
- mannerly — having or showing good manners; courteous; polite.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- marbella — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean: resort center.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marcella — a female given name.
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- margelan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Fergana.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- marichal — Juan, born 1937, U.S. baseball pitcher, born in the Dominican Republic.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- markable — Capable of being marked.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markland — An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
- marlboro — a city in E Massachusetts.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marlitic — having the nature of marlite
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.
- marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- marshals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marshal.
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- martello — Alternative form of Martello.
- martiall — Obsolete spelling of martial.
- martlets — Plural form of martlet.
- martyrly — Like a martyr; martyrish.