8-letter words starting with m
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- 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.
- mastabah — Alt form mastaba.
- mastabas — Plural form of mastaba.
- 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.
- mastiffs — Plural form of mastiff.
- mastitic — Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
- mastitis — Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- masurium — technetium
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- matabele — Ndebele (def 1).
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- matamata — A grotesque South American freshwater turtle that has a broad flat head and neck with irregular projections of skin resembling waterweed.
- matanzas — a seaport on the NW coast of Cuba.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mateless — Without a mate.
- matelote — a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- 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.