8-letter words starting with m
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- magmatic — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- magnesia — ancient name of Manisa.
- magnetar — A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- magneto- — indicating magnetism or magnetic properties
- magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- magnific — magnificent; imposing.
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.
- magritte — René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- mah jong — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- mahadeva — a name of Shiva.
- mahallah — A subdivision or neighborhood in various Arabic-speaking countries.
- mahamaya — the mother of the Buddha.
- mahanadi — a river in central India, flowing N and E to the Bay of Bengal. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- maharaja — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- mahatmas — Plural form of mahatma.
- mahavira — Vardhamana.
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- mahimahi — the dolphinfish, especially when used as a food fish.
- mahjongg — Alternative spelling of mahjong.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- mahratta — Maratha.
- mahratti — Marathi.
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- maiasaur — a large hadrosaur, Maiasaura peeblesorum, that is thought to have cared for its young.
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- maidhood — maidenhood.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- mail car — a railroad car for carrying mail.
- mail hub — mail server
- mail out — If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- mail-out — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailable — legally acceptable as mail, as in terms of content, size, or weight.
- mailbags — Plural form of mailbag.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- mailbomb — Alternative form of mail bomb.
- mailclad — Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
- mailings — Plural form of mailing.