9-letter words containing m, a, i, t
- martin iv — (Simon de BrieorSimon de Brion) c1210–85, French ecclesiastic: pope 1281–85.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- martinets — Plural form of martinet.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- martinmas — a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- martinson — Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massagist — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
- massasoit — c1580–1661, North American Indian leader: sachem of the Wampanoag tribe; negotiator of peace treaty with the Pilgrims 1621 (father of King Philip).
- massivity — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- mastalgia — (chiefly uncountable) Breast pain.
- 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.
- masticate — Chew (food).
- mastigium — an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- mata hari — (Gertrud Margarete Zelle) 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France: executed as a spy by the French.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- match-fit — in good physical condition for competing in a match
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- materials — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mattagami — a river in E Ontario, Canada, flowing N to join the Missinaibi River and form the Moose River. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- matteotti — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1924, Italian socialist leader.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- mattified — Simple past tense and past participle of mattify.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).