10-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nitrazepam — a synthetic chemical compound belonging to the benzodiazepine group of drugs; a minor tranquillizer used mainly in sleeping tablets, such as Mogadon. Formula: C15H11N3O3
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nonadmirer — a person who does not admire or approve of something
- nonmarital — not involving or related to marriage
- nonmigrant — a person or animal that does not move around
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normalised — normalisation
- normaliser — Alternative spelling of normalizer.
- normalized — to make normal.
- normalizer — a person or thing that normalizes.
- normalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of normalize.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numerating — Present participle of numerate.
- numeration — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- numerative — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- omniparity — a state of universal equality
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- ordainment — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organigram — (management) A graphical representation of the structure or an organization, showing groups and departments and their interconnections and inter-responsibilities.
- organismal — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- ovariotomy — incision into or removal of an ovary.
- padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
- panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- paper mill — factory where paper is made
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paralympic — of or relating to the Paralympics
- paramaribo — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- parametric — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- parasitism — Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.