8-letter words containing a, m, n, d
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- maradona — Diego (dɪˈeɪɡəʊ) (Armando). born 1960, Argentinian footballer and manager: his clubs included Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli; scored 34 goals in 91 internationals (1977–94); under his captaincy Argentina won the World Cup in 1986
- margined — Having a margin.
- marinade — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- markland — An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marquand — J(ohn) P(hillips) 1893–1960, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- maryland — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 10,577 sq. mi. (27,395 sq. km). Capital: Annapolis. Abbreviation: MD (for use with zip code), Md.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mbandaka — a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- meanders — Plural form of meander.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- megaband — (music, informal) A particularly successful band.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- menander — 342?–291 b.c, Greek writer of comedies.
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- menhaden — any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer.
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)
- mind map — a diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept
- mindanao — the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the group. 36,537 sq. mi. (94,631 sq. km).
- mindmaps — Plural form of mindmap.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- miniated — Simple past tense and past participle of miniate.
- misandry — hatred of males.
- misbrand — to brand or label erroneously.
- misdrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- misnamed — Simple past tense and past participle of misname.
- mitnaged — an orthodox opponent of Chassidism
- ml-linda — U Edinburgh, under development.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.