7-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- mirable — (obsolete) wonderful; admirable.
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- mirador — (in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- miraged — Simple past tense and past participle of mirage.
- mirages — Plural form of mirage.
- miramar — a town in SE Florida.
- miranda — Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
- mirasol — A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos.
- mirbane — nitrobenzene, as formerly used in perfumes
- misaver — to state incorrectly
- misdraw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- misfare — to get on or fare badly
- mishear — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mismark — (transitive) To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking.
- mispart — to part wrongly
- misrate — to rate or estimate incorrectly
- misread — Read (a piece of text) wrongly.
- mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- miswart — /mis-wort/ [By analogy with misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing. For example, in some versions of the Emacs text editor, the "transpose characters" command exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen, *except* when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged. While this behaviour is perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been found through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. This feature is a miswart.
- mithras — the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- mizoram — a state (since 1986) in NE India, created in 1972 from the former Mizo Hills District of Assam. Capital: Aijal. Pop: 891 058 (2001). Area: about 21 081 sq km (8140 sq miles)
- mizrach — a decorative figure, usually bearing an inscription, that is hung on the eastern wall in Jewish homes or synagogues to indicate the direction to face in prayer.
- moraine — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- morandi — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- moravia — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alberto Pincherle) 1907–90, Italian writer.
- mordida — a bribe or kickback.
- morelia — a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Capital: Morelia.
- moringa — Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.
- morioka — a city in N Honshu, Japan, on the Kitakami River.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- mridang — Alternative form of mridangam (Indian drum).
- mudiria — the province or administrative territory of a mudir
- muhajir — (Islam) a person who has performed the hajj.
- muriate — (not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- murlain — a round, narrow-mouthed basket
- murrain — Veterinary Pathology. any of various diseases of cattle, as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and Texas fever.
- myriads — Plural form of myriad.
- myringa — the eardrum
- narcism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- natrium — (formerly) sodium.
- oralism — the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- orarium — orarion.
- origami — the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- ovarium — ovary.
- palmira — a city in W Colombia.
- permian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.
- picamar — a hydrocarbon oil extracted from beechwood tar
- primacy — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primage — a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.