9-letter words containing a, m, r, i
- marmalize — to beat soundly or defeat utterly; thrash
- marmarize — to turn (limestone) into marble
- marooning — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
- marriages — Plural form of marriage.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marrubium — Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; hoarhound.
- marseille — a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.
- marsh tit — a small European songbird, Parus palustris, with a black head and greyish-brown body: family Paridae (tits)
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- martially — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- 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.
- martinets — Plural form of martinet.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- martinmas — a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- 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.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- masonried — built of masonry
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mata hari — (Gertrud Margarete Zelle) 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France: executed as a spy by the French.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- materials — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).