8-letter words containing i, m, a, r, e
- macarise — congratulate
- macarize — To congratulate.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- maderise — become reddish
- maderize — (wine) oxidize.
- maggiore — Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- magritte — René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- maitreya — the future Buddha
- maitrise — mastery; skill.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- mammifer — (obsolete) mammal.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manrider — a train used to carry miners into a coal mine
- mapepire — (Trinidad and Tobago) The venomous snake Lachesis muta.
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- marenzio — Luca (ˈluːka). 1553–99, Italian composer of madrigals
- margined — Having a margin.
- marianne — the French Republic, personified as a woman.
- marietta — a city in NW Georgia.
- mariette — Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- marinade — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- marinera — a South American folk dance
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- marishes — a marsh.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- maritime — connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- marjorie — a feminine name
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- 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.
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- marriner — Sir Neville. 1924–2016, British conductor and violinist; founder (1956) and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which specializes in baroque music
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.
- 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).
- 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.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.