7-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- martial — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- martian — of, relating to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
- martina — a female given name.
- marting — Present participle of mart.
- martini — a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- martins — Archer John Porter [ahr-cher] /ˈɑr tʃər/ (Show IPA), 1910–2002, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1952.
- martinu — Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- marxian — of or relating to Karl Marx or his theories.
- marxism — the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.
- marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- mary ii — 1662–94, queen of England 1689–94: joint ruler with her husband William III (daughter of James II).
- masuria — a region in NE Poland, formerly in East Prussia, Germany: German defeat of Russians 1914–15.
- matrice — Obsolete form of matrix.
- matsuri — A solemn festival celebrated periodically at Shinto shrines in Japan.
- maturin — a city in NE Venezuela.
- mauriac — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1970, French novelist: Nobel prize 1952.
- maurice — German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- maurist — a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- maurois — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- maybird — the bobolink.
- mayfair — a fashionable neighborhood in London, England, E of Hyde Park.
- mazarin — Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Giulio Mazarini) 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.
- mearing — forming a boundary or mere
- meatier — of or like meat.
- megaris — a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- memoria — a formal note used in diplomacy as a record of a subject that has been discussed.
- meranti — wood from any of several Malaysian trees of the dipterocarpaceous genus Shorea
- mercian — of or relating to Mercia, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- mermaid — (in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- merriam — a town in E Kansas.
- mid-air — any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface: to catch a ball in midair.
- midgard — the middle earth, home of men, lying between Niflheim and Muspelheim, formed from the body of Ymir.
- midrash — an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
- midyear — the middle of the year.
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- migrate — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- mihrabs — Plural form of mihrab.
- milagro — A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
- miliary — resembling millet seeds.
- militar — Obsolete form of military.
- millard — a male given name.
- minaret — a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- minbars — Plural form of minbar.
- mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- minerva — the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts, identified with the Greek goddess Athena.
- minibar — a small refrigerator, especially in a hotel room, stocked with liquor, nonalcoholic beverages, and snacks.
- minicar — a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mirabel — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.