8-letter words containing m, i, g
- margaric — pearly; resembling a pearl.
- margarin — Archaic form of margarine.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- margined — Having a margin.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- marigram — a graphic representation from a marigraph.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- marrying — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- maskings — Plural form of masking.
- masoning — Present participle of mason.
- masstige — noting or pertaining to goods that are perceived to have prestige or high style but are affordable for a wide range of customers: This five-dollar bottle of hand cream is aimed at the masstige market.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- mcguffin — an object or event in a book or a film that serves as the impetus for the plot
- meanings — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- meetings — Plural form of meeting.
- megabits — Plural form of megabit.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- megafirm — A very large firm.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megillah — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mendings — Plural form of mending.
- meninges — The three membranes (the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater) that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord.
- meringue — merengue.
- meriting — Present participle of merit.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metering — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- microlog — (architecture) A section of non-volitile memory used to record state information. Often used for retaining crash information after a reboot in embedded systems.
- micropig — A miniature breed of pig.
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope
- middling — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- midhinge — (statistics) A measure of location of a batch or sample equal to the average of the first and third quartiles. Equivalently, it is the 25% trimmed mid-range;.
- midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- might've — Might've is the usual spoken form of 'might have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- mightest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of may.