8-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- intermat — a patch of seabed devoid of vegetation
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron man — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- irrumate — To practice irrumation; to insert the penis violently into another's mouth.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- keramics — ceramics.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kirigami — the Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- lacrimal — lachrymal (defs 1–3).
- lamister — lamster.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- lararium — (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- lemaitre — Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- limitary — of, relating to, or serving as a limit.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- macarise — congratulate
- macarism — Happiness as a result of praise.
- macarize — To congratulate.
- macaroni — small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- macrotia — (medicine) Abnormal development of the auricle of the ear.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- maderise — become reddish
- maderize — (wine) oxidize.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- maggiore — Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- magritte — René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.