7-letter words starting with m
- mao dun — (Shen Yanbing) 1896–1981, Chinese writer.
- mao-tai — a strong, colorless liquor of China distilled from sorghum and resembling vodka but usually of higher proof.
- map out — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- mapless — Without a map or maps.
- maplike — Having the characteristics of a map.
- mappery — the using of maps
- mapping — function
- mappist — (archaic) cartographer.
- mapwise — from a mapping point of view
- maquila — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marabou — any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- maracas — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- maracay — a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- maranon — a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- maranta — any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- marasca — a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- maratha — a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.
- marathi — an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
- marauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maraud.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- marbler — Someone who works with marble.
- marbles — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marburg — a city in central Germany.
- marcato — (of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- marceau — Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, French actor and mime.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- marched — Simple past tense and past participle of march.
- marchen — a German fairy tale or fictional story
- marcher — an inhabitant of, or an officer or lord having jurisdiction over, a march or border territory.
- marches — Francis Andrew, 1825–1911, U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
- marcian — a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- marcuse — Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- mardana — (Islam) A part of a house or palace reserved for men, especially on the Indian subcontinent.
- maremma — a marshy region near the seashore, especially in Italy.
- marengo — a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- marezzo — an imitation marble composed of Keene's cement, fiber, and coloring matter.
- margate — a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.
- margaux — a red wine produced in the region around the village of Margaux near Bordeaux
- margays — Plural form of margay.
- margent — margin.
- margery — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- margins — Plural form of margin.
- margosa — neem (def 2).
- maribor — a city in N Slovenia, on the Drava River.
- marilia — a city in SE Brazil.
- marilyn — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marimba — a musical instrument, originating in Africa but popularized and modified in Central America, consisting of a set of graduated wooden bars, often with resonators beneath to reinforce the sound, struck with mallets.
- marinas — Plural form of marina.