9-letter words containing a, m, o, r, i
- maccaroni — macaroni.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- macroglia — Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- madarosis — the abnormal loss of eyebrows or eyelashes
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- mail room — sorting office for post
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- mailrooms — Plural form of mailroom.
- main door — the principal or largest door that is used to enter a building which has more than one door
- main road — principal street
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malarious — 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.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- mammiform — having the shape of a breast
- 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.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- māori rat — a small brown rat, Rattus exulans, native to New Zealand
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- marasmoid — Resembling or characteristic of marasmus.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- 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.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- martinson — Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- masonried — built of masonry
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meditator — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- meromelia — A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.