9-letter words containing m, a, t, e
- manganate — (chemistry) Any compound containing the manganate ion, MnO42-.
- manganite — a gray to black mineral, hydrous manganese oxide, MnO(OH); gray manganese ore.
- mangetout — A vegetable pea eaten when immature.
- mangulate — to bend or twist out of shape; mangle
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.
- mannerist — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- manometer — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- manometry — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- mantelets — Plural form of mantelet.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- maquettes — Plural form of maquette.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- margarite — Mineralogy. a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals. an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.
- marginate — having a margin.
- marialite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marinated — Simple past tense and past participle of marinate.
- marinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marinate.
- marinette — a city in NE Wisconsin.
- marinetti — Emilio Filippo Tommaso [e-mee-lyaw fee-leep-paw tawm-mah-zaw] /ɛˈmi lyɔ fiˈlip pɔ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1944, Italian writer.
- maritimer — a native or inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
- mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marmosets — Plural form of marmoset.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- marquette — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
- martemper — (transitive) To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- martinets — Plural form of martinet.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- masculate — (obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- mash team — the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- mast cell — a large granular cell, common in connective tissue, that produces heparin, histamine, and serotonin.
- masterate — A master's degree.
- masterdom — complete control; mastery
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- masterson — William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.