8-letter words containing s, e, a, m
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.
- marchesa — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchese — an Italian nobleman, equivalent in rank to a marquis.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- marishes — a marsh.
- marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- marquees — Plural form of marquee.
- marquesa — A Spanish marchioness.
- marquess — marquee (def 3).
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mars red — a deep red-orange color.
- marsanne — a white grape grown in the N Rhône region of France and in California and Australia, used for making wine
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- martlets — Plural form of martlet.
- mashable — Of a consistency suitable for mashing.
- maskable — capable of being masked
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- masquers — Plural form of masquer.
- massacer — Archaic form of massacre.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- massaged — Simple past tense and past participle of massage.
- massager — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
- massages — Plural form of massage.
- massenet — Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- masseter — a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- masseurs — Plural form of masseur.
- masseuse — A female masseur.
- massless — pertaining to an elementary particle having zero rest mass, as a photon.
- masstige — noting or pertaining to goods that are perceived to have prestige or high style but are affordable for a wide range of customers: This five-dollar bottle of hand cream is aimed at the masstige market.
- mast bed — a construction in a wooden deck around the opening for a mast.
- mastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- masterly — like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- masthead — Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- mateless — Without a mate.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mathesis — learning or wisdom, esp of a mathematical nature
- matinees — Plural form of matinee.
- matiness — sociable; friendly: a matey chat.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- matthews — one of the four Evangelists, a customs collector from Capernaum, summoned to be one of the 12 apostles: originally called Levi. Matt. 9:9–13.
- mattress — a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.