8-letter words containing m, a, n, s
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- managers — Plural form of manager.
- manakins — Plural form of manakin.
- manassas — a town in NE Virginia: battles of Bull Run 1861, 1862.
- manasseh — the first son of Joseph. Gen. 41:51.
- manatees — Plural form of manatee.
- mandalas — Plural form of mandala.
- mandamus — a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandays' — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- maneless — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manikins — Plural form of manikin.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- mansards — Plural form of mansard.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- mansions — Plural form of mansion.
- mansonry — mansions or dwelling places collectively
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- manswear — (transitive, UK dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
- mansworn — Past participle of manswear.
- mantises — Plural form of mantis.
- mantissa — Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm. Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- manumits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manumit.
- manutius — Aldus [awl-duh s,, al-] /ˈɔl dəs,, ˈæl-/ (Show IPA), (Teobaldo Mannucci or Manuzio) 1450–1515, Italian printer and classical scholar.
- manyness — The quality or state of being many.
- mappings — Plural form of mapping.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marianas — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- marksman — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marsanne — a white grape grown in the N Rhône region of France and in California and Australia, used for making wine
- martinis — Plural form of martini.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- mascaron — mask (def 11).
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.