9-letter words containing m, a, t, r
- martin ii — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- martin iv — (Simon de BrieorSimon de Brion) c1210–85, French ecclesiastic: pope 1281–85.
- martineau — Harriet, 1802–76, English novelist and economist.
- martinets — Plural form of martinet.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- martinmas — a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- martinson — Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- martyrdom — the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- marxisant — sympathetic to Marxism
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- 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.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mat grass — a widespread perennial European grass, Nardus stricta, with dense tufts of bristly leaves, characteristic of peaty moors
- mata hari — (Gertrud Margarete Zelle) 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France: executed as a spy by the French.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matamoros — a seaport in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Brownsville, Texas.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- materials — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- matronage — the state of being a matron.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mattamore — An underground storage place for grain.
- matterate — to fester; suppurate.
- matterful — (of an author or book) full of interesting or significant ideas
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- maturable — capable of being matured
- maturated — Simple past tense and past participle of maturate.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.