10-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- marginated — Having a distinct margin.
- margravine — the wife of a margrave.
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marionette — a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- mariticide — The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
- marjolaine — (italics) French. marjoram.
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- 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.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- marmennill — A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- marseilles — a department in SE France. 2026 sq. mi. (5245 sq. km). Capital: Marseilles.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marshiness — The quality or state of being marshy.
- martensite — a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- martinelli — Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1885–1969, U.S. operatic tenor, born in Italy.
- 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.
- mediocrely — In a mediocre way.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- medium-dry — Medium-dry wine or sherry is not very sweet.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- medusiform — resembling a medusa or jellyfish
- meissonier — Jean Louis Ernest [zhahn lwee er-nest] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1815–91, French painter.
- meitnerium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element. Symbol: Mt; atomic number: 109.