8-letter words containing a, m, e, t, r
- mattress — a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturers — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturest — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maumetry — Archaic form of mammetry.
- mawmetry — idolatry
- may tree — the hawthorn.
- mcmaster — John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- meatware — Less common synonym for wetware.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- meerkats — Plural form of meerkat.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- megastar — A very famous person, especially in the world of entertainment.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metacard — A commercial human interface and hypertext system for Unix and the X Window System, similar to Hypercard.
- metairie — an area of land held under the metayage system
- metaller — (music, informal) One who listens to metal music.
- metamere — a somite.
- metamers — a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meterage — the practice of measuring; measurement.
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.
- migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- migrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate.
- minarets — Plural form of minaret.
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- misrated — Rated incorrectly.
- mistaker — One who mistakes.
- mistrace — to trace incorrectly
- mistreat — to treat badly or abusively.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- mortared — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
- mortgage — the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- onstream — Being produced.