9-letter words containing g, r, a
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mammering — to stammer or mutter.
- mammogram — an x-ray photograph obtained by mammography.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangaluru — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangroves — Plural form of mangrove.
- manriding — relating to the carrying of miners around a mine
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- margarine — a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
- margarita — a cocktail made of tequila, lime or lemon juice, and an orange-flavored liqueur, usually served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- margarite — Mineralogy. a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals. an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- marginate — having a margin.
- margining — Present participle of margin.
- margraves — Plural form of margrave.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- marigrams — Plural form of marigram.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marooning — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marriages — Plural form of marriage.
- marsh gas — a gaseous decomposition product of organic matter, consisting primarily of methane.
- martagons — Plural form of martagon.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- maryology — Mariology.
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- mastering — 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.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- 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.