10-letter words containing r, e, m, a, i
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- martyrizer — One who martyrs, puts others trough martyrdom.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- masseteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
- masspriest — a Roman Catholic priest
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- matzo brei — small pieces of matzo soaked in water, mixed with beaten eggs, and fried.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mazarinade — a pamphlet criticizing Jules Mazarin
- meandering — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- media star — a person who is well-known because of frequent appearances in the mass media
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- memorially — By means of, or in terms of, memory.
- menageries — Plural form of menagerie.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- mesmerical — Alternative form of mesmeric.
- mesocardia — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesocranic — having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- metamerism — Zoology. division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation. existence in a metameric state.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meter maid — a female member of a police or traffic department responsible for issuing tickets for parking violations.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metricated — Simple past tense and past participle of metricate.
- metricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metricate.
- metromania — A mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
- microbeams — Plural form of microbeam.