8-letter words containing m, e, c
- macarise — congratulate
- macarize — To congratulate.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- macerate — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- machetes — Plural form of machete.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- macneice — Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- macramed — an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- macready — William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- maenadic — (Greek mythology) Of, or pertaining to the maenad.
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- majestic — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- male cow — a bull.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maledict — accursed.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- manacled — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- marcella — a female given name.
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.
- marchesa — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchese — an Italian nobleman, equivalent in rank to a marquis.
- massacer — Archaic form of massacre.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.