10-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- main store — main memory
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- maintainor — a person guilty of maintenance.
- major axis — the axis of an ellipse that passes through the two foci.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- majorities — Plural form of majority.
- malleiform — having the shape of a hammer
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- māoritanga — the Māori culture; Māori way of life
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- marination — The process of marinating.
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marinorama — A representation of a sea view.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- marionette — a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- marmarosis — the conversion of limestone into marble by metamorphism
- marry into — become part of: a family
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- mass ratio — the ratio of the mass of a fully-fuelled rocket at liftoff to the mass of the rocket without fuel
- masticator — Someone who masticates.
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- matrilocal — of or relating to residence with the wife's family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs.
- matriotism — Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronalia — an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- matronymic — metronymic.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- matzo brei — small pieces of matzo soaked in water, mixed with beaten eggs, and fried.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- memorially — By means of, or in terms of, memory.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.