8-letter words containing m, a, t, r
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- mammetry — (obsolete) The religion of Muhammad: Islam.
- man-trap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- maneater — Alternative spelling of man-eater.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- marantic — (medicine) Pertaining to marasmus.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- margaret — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pearl.”.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marietta — a city in NW Georgia.
- mariette — Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- maritain — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- maritime — connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- marketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketer — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marlitic — having the nature of marlite
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- marsport — a spoilsport
- martaban — Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- martagon — A Eurasian lily.
- martello — Alternative form of Martello.
- martiall — Obsolete spelling of martial.
- martin i — Saint, died a.d. 655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 649–655.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.
- martinis — Plural form of martini.
- martinon — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- martlets — Plural form of martlet.
- martyred — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyria — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- martyrly — Like a martyr; martyrish.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- masseter — a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- mastered — 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.
- masterly — like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).