7-letter words containing a, r, m, d
- madders — Plural form of madder.
- madeira — a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- maderno — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- madrasa — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- madrina — An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
- madroña — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- madrono — Alternative spelling of madroño.
- madtran — Early preprocessor that translated Fortran to MAD, for gain in speed.
- madurai — a city in S Tamil Nadu, in S India.
- madwort — a mat-forming plant, Aurinia saxatilis (or Alyssum saxatille), of the mustard family, having spatulate leaves and open clusters of pale yellow flowers.
- majored — a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- makurdi — a port in E central Nigeria, capital of Benue State on the Benue River: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 259 000 (2005 est)
- mallard — a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
- malodor — an unpleasant or offensive odor; stench.
- mandira — a Hindu temple.
- mandirs — Plural form of mandir.
- mandora — a type of bass lute which was the ancestor of the mandolin
- mandore — (musical instruments) An early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin.
- mandrel — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandril — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandrin — (medicine) A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.
- mansard — Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- manured — Simple past tense and past participle of manure.
- manward — Also, manwards. toward humankind: The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.
- marauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maraud.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- marched — Simple past tense and past participle of march.
- mardana — (Islam) A part of a house or palace reserved for men, especially on the Indian subcontinent.
- married — united in wedlock; wedded: married couples.
- marybud — a bud of a marigold
- matador — the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
- matured — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maunder — to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way.
- maybird — the bobolink.
- maynard — a male given name.
- mazdoor — (India) laborer.
- mazzard — a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.
- meaders — Plural form of meader.
- meander — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- medawar — Peter Brian, 1915–87, English zoologist and anatomist, born in Brazil: Nobel Prize in medicine 1960.
- medlars — a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- megarad — a former unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to one million rads
- mercado — a market.
- mermaid — (in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- mid-air — any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface: to catch a ball in midair.
- midgard — the middle earth, home of men, lying between Niflheim and Muspelheim, formed from the body of Ymir.
- midrash — an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
- midyear — the middle of the year.
- millard — a male given name.