9-letter words containing g, a, r, m
- mat grass — a widespread perennial European grass, Nardus stricta, with dense tufts of bristly leaves, characteristic of peaty moors
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- matronage — the state of being a matron.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- 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.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- megafarad — a unit of electric capacitance equal to one million farads
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- megastars — Plural form of megastar.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megathere — any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
- megatherm — a plant requiring a constant high temperature and abundant moisture for growth.
- megatrend — a major trend or movement.
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- merganser — any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the subfamily Merginae, having a narrow bill hooked at the tip and serrated at the edges.
- mess gear — mess kit.
- meterages — Plural form of meterage.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- 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).
- mid-range — You can use mid-range to describe products or services which are neither the most expensive nor the cheapest of their type.
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- migrating — Present participle of migrate.
- migration — the process or act of migrating.
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
- migratory — migrating.
- milligram — a unit of mass or weight equal to one thousandth of a gram, and equivalent to 0.0154 grain. Abbreviation: mg.
- mischarge — (legal or, finance) To charge wrongly.
- misregard — (obsolete) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
- mistarget — To target incorrectly.
- mitergate — (in a canal or the like) a lock gate having two leaves so made as to close at an angle pointing upstream.
- mitigator — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- monograms — Plural form of monogram.
- monograph — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- morganite — rose-colored beryl.
- morganton — a town in central North Carolina.
- mortaring — Present participle of mortar.