9-letter words containing m, a, r, i
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fumigator — a person or thing that fumigates.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- gambrinus — a mythical Flemish king, the reputed inventor of beer.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- gaminerie — the impish or mischievous behaviour of a gamin or gamine
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gargarism — (obsolete) Something used to gargle with; a gargle.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- germanide — (chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element.
- germanism — a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- germanize — to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- grammatic — Grammatical.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- graniform — Formed from or like corn.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- grimacing — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- grimalkin — a cat.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- hail mary — Ave Maria.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- haramzadi — a female born of unmarried parents
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens