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11-letter words containing m, a, r, i

  • martingales — Plural form of martingale.
  • martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
  • mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
  • master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
  • master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
  • masterminds — Plural form of mastermind.
  • masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
  • mastic tree — a small Mediterranean anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Pistacia lentiscus, that yields the resin mastic
  • masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
  • mastroianni — Marcello, 1924–96, Italian actor.
  • materialise — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • materiality — material nature or quality.
  • materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • maternalism — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
  • maternalize — to make maternal.
  • matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
  • matriarchic — Matriarchal.
  • matriculant — a person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation.
  • matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • matrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
  • matrilinear — inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
  • matrimonial — of or relating to matrimony; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal.
  • matrix math — (language)   An early system on the UNIVAC I or II.
  • matronising — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
  • matronizing — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
  • matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
  • maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
  • mauretanian — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
  • mauritanian — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.
  • maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
  • mayfair tan — suntan (def 2).
  • mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
  • mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
  • mcgillivray — Alexander, 1759?–93, Native American chief of the Creek nation.
  • meadow bird — the bobolink.
  • meanderings — Plural form of meandering.
  • mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
  • mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
  • media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
  • mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
  • medium rare — lightly cooked, so as to be warm but still red in the middle
  • megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
  • megatheriid — (zoology) Any member of the Megatheriidae.
  • megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
  • mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
  • melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
  • melanterite — a green mineral, FeSO4.7H2O, composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate
  • melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
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