9-letter words containing a, o, r, i
- 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.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- microcard — A small card bearing a microreproduction of text, resembling the microfiche format but on cardboard rather than photographic film.
- microdata — (statistics) data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- microgram — micrograph (def 2).
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- migration — the process or act of migrating.
- migratory — migrating.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mitigator — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monorails — Plural form of monorail.
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- moralised — Simple past tense and past participle of moralise.
- moralisms — Plural form of moralism.
- moralists — Plural form of moralist.
- moralized — Simple past tense and past participle of moralize.
- moralizer — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moralize.
- moratoria — a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- mordacity — biting or given to biting.