10-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- microsomal — Of or pertaining to a microsome.
- microsomia — Abnormal smallness of the body; dwarfism.
- microstate — ministate.
- microtonal — (music) Of, relating to, or written using microtones.
- microwatts — Plural form of microwatt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- micturated — Simple past tense and past participle of micturate.
- midamerica — Middle America (def 2).
- middle ear — the middle portion of the ear, consisting of the tympanic membrane and an air-filled chamber lined with mucous membrane, that contains the malleus, incus, and stapes. Compare ear1 (def 1).
- middleware — Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications, especially on a network.
- mignardise — A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- migratable — Capable of migrating.
- migrations — Plural form of migration.
- militarian — Of or pertaining to the military.
- militaries — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- militarily — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- militarise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of militarize.
- militarism — a strong military spirit or policy.
- militarist — a person imbued with militarism.
- militarize — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- milk gravy — a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- milk train — a local train running through the early hours of the morning.
- millifarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one thousandth of a farad. Abbreviation: mF, mf.
- milligrams — Plural form of milligram.
- millimolar — (chemistry, of a solution) Having a concentration of one thousandth of a mole per litre.
- millionary — Of or relating to millions; consisting of millions.
- millocracy — rule or government by mill owners
- millstream — the stream in a millrace.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- mindreader — Alternative form of mind-reader.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- mineralise — Alt form mineralize.
- mineralist — a mineralogist
- mineralize — to convert into a mineral substance.
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- mineraloid — a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- mingrelian — a South Caucasian language spoken near the extreme eastern end of the Black Sea.