8-letter words containing m, i, s, r
- marasmic — malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability.
- marianas — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- marimbas — Plural form of marimba.
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- marishes — a marsh.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- martinis — Plural form of martini.
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- masurium — technetium
- 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.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- measlier — Comparative form of measly.
- meisters — Plural form of meister.
- memories — the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- memorise — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- memorist — a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- meristem — embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
- meristic — of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- mermaids — Plural form of mermaid.
- merriest — Superlative form of merry.
- merycism — a condition in which undigested food is regurgitated
- mesaraic — (anatomy) mesenteric.
- mesmeric — produced by mesmerism; hypnotic.
- messidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.
- metrists — Plural form of metrist.
- metritis — inflammation of the uterus.
- mézières — Forest of, a wooded plateau region in W Europe, in NE France, SE Belgium, and Luxembourg: World War I battle 1914; World War II battle 1944–45.
- microbes — Plural form of microbe.
- microbus — minibus.
- mid-rise — (of a building) having a moderately large number of stories, usually five to ten, and equipped with elevators.
- midriffs — Plural form of midriff.
- midstory — the layer of vegetation in a forest that consists of those trees whose height is in between the heights of the smallest and tallest trees
- midterms — Plural form of midterm.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- migrants — Plural form of migrant.
- migrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate.
- mimester — a mime artist
- minarets — Plural form of minaret.
- minerals — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- minibars — Plural form of minibar.
- minicars — Plural form of minicar.
- minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.