9-letter words containing m, r, a, d
- macrodont — the condition of having abnormally large teeth.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- madariaga — Salvador de [sahl-vah-th awr th e] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo) 1886–1978, Spanish diplomat, historian, and writer in England.
- madarosis — the abnormal loss of eyebrows or eyelashes
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- madrassas — Plural form of madrassa.
- madrepore — any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- magdeburg — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- maiduguri — a city in NE Nigeria.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- main door — the principal or largest door that is used to enter a building which has more than one door
- main drag — the main street of a city or town; main stem.
- main road — principal street
- main yard — a yard for a square mainsail.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- maitre d' — maître d'hôtel (defs 1–3).
- majordomo — The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.
- makeready — the final adjustment of the printing surfaces on a press by the use of leveling devices, overlays, underlays, etc.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- malodours — Plural form of malodour.
- mandarine — Alternative spelling of mandarin (in the term
- mandarins — Plural form of mandarin.
- mandatary — a person or nation holding a mandate.
- mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manriding — relating to the carrying of miners around a mine
- mansarded — Having a mansard roof.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- maquisard — maquis (def 2).
- maracanda — ancient name of Samarkand.
- marasmoid — Resembling or characteristic of marasmus.
- marauders — Plural form of marauder.
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marchland — borderland.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- marinaded — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.