7-letter words containing a, r, m
- 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.
- mangers — Plural form of manger.
- mangler — to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
- mangrum — Lloyd, 1914–73, U.S. golf player.
- manhire — Bill. born 1946, New Zealand poet and writer. His poetry collections include How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic (1977), Zoetropes (1984), Sunshine (1996), and Lifted (2005)
- manhour — Alternative form of man-hour.
- manifer — a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manlier — Comparative form of manly.
- manners — mainour.
- manrent — (historical) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
- manresa — a city in NE Spain: contains a cave used as the spiritual retreat of St Ignatius Loyola. Pop: 67 269 (2003 est)
- manroot — man-of-the-earth.
- manrope — a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- mansard — Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- mansart — Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- mansûra — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: scene of the defeat of the Crusaders 1250 and the capture of Louis IX by the Mamelukes.
- mantaro — a river in central Peru, flowing SE to the Apurímac River. About 360 miles (580 km) long.
- mantram — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantrap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mantras — Plural form of mantra.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- manured — Simple past tense and past participle of manure.
- manurer — A person that deals with manure, especially one engaged in natural fertilizers.
- manures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manure.
- manward — Also, manwards. toward humankind: The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.
- mappery — the using of maps
- marabou — any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- maracas — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- maracay — a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- maranon — a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- maranta — any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- marasca — a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- maratha — a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.
- marathi — an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
- marauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maraud.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- marbler — Someone who works with marble.
- marbles — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marburg — a city in central Germany.
- marcato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- marceau — Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, French actor and mime.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- marched — Simple past tense and past participle of march.