8-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- maltster — a maker of or dealer in malt.
- mammetry — (obsolete) The religion of Muhammad: Islam.
- maneater — Alternative spelling of man-eater.
- margaret — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pearl.”.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marietta — a city in NW Georgia.
- mariette — Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- maritime — connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- marketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketer — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- martello — Alternative form of Martello.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.
- martlets — Plural form of martlet.
- martyred — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- masseter — a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- mastered — 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.
- masterly — like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- mattered — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- mattress — a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturers — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturest — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maumetry — Archaic form of mammetry.
- mawmetry — idolatry
- may tree — the hawthorn.
- mcmaster — John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- meatware — Less common synonym for wetware.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- meerkats — Plural form of meerkat.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- megastar — A very famous person, especially in the world of entertainment.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.