7-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- madurai — a city in S Tamil Nadu, in S India.
- maestri — Plural form of maestro.
- mailers — Plural form of mailer.
- maimers — Plural form of maimer.
- mainour — a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.
- maistre — Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as Les Soirées de St Petersbourg (1821)
- maistry — (obsolete) mastery.
- makurdi — a port in E central Nigeria, capital of Benue State on the Benue River: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 259 000 (2005 est)
- malaria — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- mandira — a Hindu temple.
- mandirs — Plural form of mandir.
- mandril — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandrin — (medicine) A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.
- manhire — Bill. born 1946, New Zealand poet and writer. His poetry collections include How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic (1977), Zoetropes (1984), Sunshine (1996), and Lifted (2005)
- manifer — a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manlier — Comparative form of manly.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marathi — an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
- marcian — a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- margins — Plural form of margin.
- maribor — a city in N Slovenia, on the Drava River.
- marilia — a city in SE Brazil.
- marilyn — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marimba — a musical instrument, originating in Africa but popularized and modified in Central America, consisting of a set of graduated wooden bars, often with resonators beneath to reinforce the sound, struck with mallets.
- marinas — Plural form of marina.
- mariner — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- marines — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
- maringa — a city in S Brazil.
- marinus — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- marisat — one of a series of geostationary communications satellites that relay telecommunications between ships at sea and shore stations.
- marisol — (Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- marital — Of or relating to marriage or the relations between husband and wife.
- maritsa — a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- marking — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marlais — (language) A simple-minded interpreter by Brent Benson at Harris for a programming language strongly resembling Dylan. Marlais version 0.2a is a "hackers release" for education, experimentation, porting, extension, and bug fixing. It has been ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, VAX/BSD, OS/2, Linux, Sequent Symmetry, Encore, HP-UX, Ultrix, SGI, Sony News, and A/UX.
- marlier — Comparative form of marly.
- marline — small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marling — small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marlins — Plural form of marlin.
- marlite — an indurated marl.
- marlpit — (dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
- marmite — a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- marquis — a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- married — united in wedlock; wedded: married couples.
- marrier — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- marries — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- marring — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.