8-letter words containing n, t, e, r
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- 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.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- 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.
- mentmore — a mansion in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire: built by Sir Joseph Paxton in the 19th century for the Rothschild family; now owned by the Maharishi University of Natural Law
- mentored — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mentoree — One being mentored.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- meriting — Present participle of merit.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- 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.
- minarets — Plural form of minaret.
- minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- minorite — Friar Minor.
- minsters — Plural form of minster.
- minstrel — a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- misenter — to enter incorrectly
- misentry — an incorrect or mistaken entry
- misinter — to bury wrongly
- mitering — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monsters — Plural form of monster.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- montrose — James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
- motormen — Plural form of motorman.
- muenster — a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- mutineer — a person who mutinies.
- naartjie — (South Africa) Citrus reticulata, (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
- nanterre — a department in N France. 63 sq. mi. (163 sq. km). Capital: Nanterre.
- narrated — Simple past tense and past participle of narrate.
- narratee — Someone to whom a story is narrated.
- narrater — a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
- narrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narrate.
- nartjies — Plural form of nartjie.
- nattered — Simple past tense and past participle of natter.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- nazareth — a town in N Israel: the childhood home of Jesus.
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.