9-letter words starting with m
- marinette — a city in NE Wisconsin.
- marinetti — Emilio Filippo Tommaso [e-mee-lyaw fee-leep-paw tawm-mah-zaw] /ɛˈmi lyɔ fiˈlip pɔ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1944, Italian writer.
- mariniere — (of shellfish) served in white wine and onion sauce
- marinus i — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- maritally — In a marital manner.
- maritimer — a native or inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marmalade — a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
- marmalady — Covered with marmalade.
- marmalize — to beat soundly or defeat utterly; thrash
- marmarize — to turn (limestone) into marble
- marmolada — a mountain in N Italy: highest peak of the Dolomites, 11,020 feet (3360 meters).
- marmoreal — of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
- marmorean — (obsolete) marmoreal.
- marmosets — Plural form of marmoset.
- marooning — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marquesan — a Polynesian native of the Marquesas Islands.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- marquette — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- marrakesh — a city in W Morocco.
- marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
- marriages — Plural form of marriage.
- marrooned — Simple past tense and past participle of marroon.
- marrowfat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marrowsky — spoonerism
- marrubium — Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; hoarhound.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marry off — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- marseille — a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.
- marsh gas — a gaseous decomposition product of organic matter, consisting primarily of methane.
- marsh hen — any of various rails or raillike birds.
- marsh tit — a small European songbird, Parus palustris, with a black head and greyish-brown body: family Paridae (tits)
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.