8-letter words starting with ma
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailroom — Also, mail room. a room used for handling incoming and outgoing mail, as in a large organization.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- main man — one's best and most trusted male friend.
- mainboom — the spar for the mainsail
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- mainland — the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- mainline — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- mainmast — the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- mainsail — the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- maiolica — majolica.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- maitakes — Plural form of maitake.
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- maitreya — the future Buddha
- maitrise — mastery; skill.
- majestic — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majestie — Archaic form of majesty.
- majlises — Plural form of majlis.
- majolica — Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
- majorcan — a native or inhabitant of Majorca
- majoring — a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- makassar — a former name of Ujung Pandang.
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make hay — to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
- make off — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- makeable — a rough stone
- makebate — a person who causes contention or discord.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.
- makeless — having no mate or match.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- makimono — a horizontal hand scroll containing either text or a captioned painting, intended to be viewed as it is unrolled from right to left, one segment at a time.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malagasy — a member of any of various peoples native to the island of Madagascar.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- malamute — Alaskan malamute.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.