10-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- morticians — Plural form of mortician.
- mortuaries — Plural form of mortuary.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- motivators — Plural form of motivator.
- mottramite — a copper and lead vanadate.
- moudiewart — a mole
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- movie star — famous film actor
- moviemaker — filmmaker.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multiarmed — having multiple arms
- multiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- multilobar — of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiparty — of or relating to more than two political parties.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- multirange — having several ranges
- multitrack — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- muslim era — the period since the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622; Hijra.
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- mycorrhiza — a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.
- mydriatics — Plural form of mydriatic.
- myocardial — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myocardium — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myriadfold — infinite; innumerable
- myriameter — Alternative form of myriametre.
- myriametre — (obsolete) A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres.
- narcissism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- narcomania — Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.