8-letter words containing m, a, r, i, n
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- mazarine — a deep, rich blue.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- migrants — Plural form of migrant.
- militran — A discrete simulation system for military applications produced by the Sys Res Group at ONR in 1964.
- minakari — A type of enamelwork Indian jewellery, especially champlev\u00e9. (from 20th c.).
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- minarets — Plural form of minaret.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- mindware — The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
- minerals — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minibars — Plural form of minibar.
- minicars — Plural form of minicar.
- minimart — a minimarket.
- minipark — pocket park.
- minorcan — of or relating to Minorca.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- mintmark — a letter or other symbol on a coin that identifies the mint at which it was struck.
- misandry — hatred of males.
- misbrand — to brand or label erroneously.
- misdrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- mislearn — To learn wrongly.
- mistrain — to train or guide incorrectly
- monastir — Bitola
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- montaria — a Brazilian canoe made of a single piece of timber
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- mridanga — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.