9-letter words containing a, n, i, m
- marooning — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- 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.
- 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
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- masinissa — 238–149 b.c, king of Numidia c210–149.
- masonried — built of masonry
- massaging — Present participle of massage.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- massiness — The state or quality of being massy; ponderousness.
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- massinisa — Masinissa.
- 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.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- 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.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- maxim gun — an early single-barreled, water-cooled machine gun cocked by the force of its own recoil.
- mcmansion — a large modern house considered to look mass-produced, lacking in distinguishing characteristics, and at variance with established local architecture
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- mean life — the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15
- mean line — an imaginary x-high line.
- mean time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
- meandrian — meandering or winding
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- meatiness — The property of being meaty.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.