10-letter words containing m, a, l, r, i
- mail train — a train that transports letters, packages, etc
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainlander — a person who lives on a mainland.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- malingerer — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- malleiform — having the shape of a hammer
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- mammillary — of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.
- managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- marbleized — Simple past tense and past participle of marbleize.
- marbleizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marbleize.
- marginalia — Marginal notes.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- margravial — Of or relating to a margrave.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- marmennill — A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
- marseilles — a department in SE France. 2026 sq. mi. (5245 sq. km). Capital: Marseilles.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marsupials — Plural form of marsupial.
- martinelli — Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1885–1969, U.S. operatic tenor, born in Italy.
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matricular — relating to a matricula, or having the nature of a matricula
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- matrilocal — of or relating to residence with the wife's family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- memorially — By means of, or in terms of, memory.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mesmerical — Alternative form of mesmeric.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- miarolitic — (of an igneous rock) having irregular cavities into which crystals protrude