7-letter words starting with m
- mandays — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mandazi — A form of fried bread from eastern Africa.
- mandean — a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
- mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
- manding — Present participle of mand.
- mandioc — (obsolete) manioc.
- mandira — a Hindu temple.
- mandirs — Plural form of mandir.
- mandola — an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- mandora — a type of bass lute which was the ancestor of the mandolin
- mandore — (musical instruments) An early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin.
- mandrel — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandril — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandrin — (medicine) A metal wire or stylet inserted into a flexible catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.
- mandyas — a short, black cloak worn by monks.
- manetho — flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- mangeao — a small tree with glossy leaves, Litsae calicaris, of New Zealand's North Island
- mangels — Plural form of mangel.
- mangers — Plural form of manger.
- mangina — (slang, derogatory) A man with a pronounced feminine side, or a weak masculine side.
- manging — Present participle of mang.
- mangled — to smooth or press with a mangle.
- mangler — to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
- mangles — Plural form of mangle.
- mangoes — Plural form of mango.
- mangoky — a river in S central Madagascar, flowing W and then N to the Mozambique Channel. About 350 miles (565 km) long.
- mangold — Mangelwurzel.
- mangrum — Lloyd, 1914–73, U.S. golf player.
- manhire — Bill. born 1946, New Zealand poet and writer. His poetry collections include How to Take Off Your Clothes at the Picnic (1977), Zoetropes (1984), Sunshine (1996), and Lifted (2005)
- manhole — a hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, drain, steam boiler, etc., especially one located in a city street.
- manhood — the state or time of being a man or adult male person; male maturity.
- manhour — Alternative form of man-hour.
- manhunt — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- maniack — Obsolete form of maniac.
- maniacs — Plural form of maniac.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- manifer — a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- manihot — (obsolete) manioc.
- manikin — a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
- manilla — Manila hemp.
- manille — the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
- manimal — (informal) A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.
- maniple — (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manitou — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- manjack — a west Indian tree with slimy fruit
- mankato — a city in S Minnesota, on the Minnesota River.
- mankind — the human race; human beings collectively without reference to sex; humankind.
- mankini — a man’s one-piece bathing suit cut in a deep V-shape, covering the crotch and extending up to form shoulder straps.
- manless — an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.