8-letter words containing m, i, t, r
- marantic — (medicine) Pertaining to marasmus.
- 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.
- marlitic — having the nature of marlite
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- 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.
- 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.
- martyria — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- 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).
- matralia — an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- 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.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- mcintire — Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- meisters — Plural form of meister.
- memorist — a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- meredith — George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- meristem — embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
- meristic — of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- meriting — Present participle of merit.
- merriest — Superlative form of merry.
- metairie — an area of land held under the metayage system
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- 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.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metrists — Plural form of metrist.
- metritis — inflammation of the uterus.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microbot — A small mobile robot equipped with a microcontroller.
- microdot — a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- microjet — a light jet-propelled aircraft
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- 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