7-letter words starting with m
- maspero — Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- masquer — a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- masques — Plural form of masque.
- mass in — to fill or block in (the areas of unified colour, shade, etc) in a painting or drawing
- massage — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
- massaua — a seaport in E Eritrea, in N Ethiopia, on the Red Sea.
- massawa — a seaport in E Eritrea, in N Ethiopia, on the Red Sea.
- massena — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), Duc de Rivoli [French ree-vaw-lee;; Italian ree-vaw-lee] /French ri vɔˈli;; Italian ˈri vɔ li/ (Show IPA), and Prince d'Essling [des-ling] /ˈdɛs lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1758–1817, French marshal under Napoleon I.
- masseur — a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- massifs — Plural form of massif.
- massine — Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- massing — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- massive — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- massora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- mastaba — an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof.
- masters — a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
- mastery — command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
- mastful — (of a tree) yielding mast in abundance
- mastiff — one of a breed of large, powerful, short-haired dogs having an apricot, fawn, or brindled coat.
- masting — Nautical. a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast. any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast. any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mastoid — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- masuria — a region in NE Poland, formerly in East Prussia, Germany: German defeat of Russians 1914–15.
- matador — the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
- matanza — (US, Western US) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
- matapan — Cape, a cape in S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.
- matatus — Plural form of matatu.
- matched — Simple past tense and past participle of match.
- matcher — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matches — Plural form of match.
- matchet — Machete.
- matchup — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matelot — a sailor.
- mathcad — A symbolic mathematics environment.
- mathews — ˈMitford M(cLeod) (ˈmɪtfərd ) ; mitˈfərd) 1891-1985; U.S. lexicographer & educator
- mathias — Robert Bruce ("Bob") 1930–2006, U.S. track-and-field athlete.
- mathlab — Symbolic math system, MITRE, 1964. Later version: MATHLAB 68 (PDP-6, 1967).
- mathura — a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India: Hindu shrine and holy city; reputed birthplace of Krishna.
- matilda — Also called Maud. 1102–67, empress of the Holy Roman Empire 1114–25; queen of England 1141 (daughter of Henry I of England).
- matilde — Also called Maud. 1102–67, empress of the Holy Roman Empire 1114–25; queen of England 1141 (daughter of Henry I of England).
- matinal — (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matinee — an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- matings — Plural form of mating, gerund of 'mate'.
- matisse — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- matless — Without a mat.
- matlock — a town in England, on the River Derwent, administrative centre of Derbyshire: mineral springs. Pop: 11 265 (2001)
- matrass — a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- matress — Archaic form of mattress.
- matrice — Obsolete form of matrix.
- matrona — In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.
- matrons — Plural form of matron.