8-letter words containing mat
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- matfelon — knapweed
- matgrass — widespread perennial European grass with dense tufts of bristly leaves, characteristic of peaty moors
- math-out — (Possibly from "white-out", the blizzard variety) A paper or presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation as to be incomprehensible. This may be a device for concealing the fact that it is actually content-free. See also numbers, social science number.
- mathesis — learning or wisdom, esp of a mathematical nature
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- matinees — Plural form of matinee.
- matiness — sociable; friendly: a matey chat.
- matralia — an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- 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.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- mattedly — in a matted manner
- mattered — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- matthean — of or relating to the Gospel of Matthew or the traditions contained in it.
- 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.
- matthias — a disciple chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot as one of the apostles. Acts 1:23–26.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- mattrass — a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- 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.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturers — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturest — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- messmate — a person, especially a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
- miasmata — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mismated — Badly matched or not matching.
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- nematoad — Misspelling of nematode.
- nematode — any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.
- no-mates — designating a person with no friends
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- ommateum — compound eye.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- optimate — a Roman aristocrat
- ostomate — A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.