8-letter words containing n, a, m, t
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- malthene — petrolene.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- man-trap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- manatees — Plural form of manatee.
- mandated — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- maneater — Alternative spelling of man-eater.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manitoba — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- mann act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1910) making it a federal offense to aid or participate in the interstate transportation of a woman for immoral purposes.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- mantegna — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver.
- mantelet — a short mantle.
- mantilla — a silk or lace head scarf arranged over a high comb and falling over the back and shoulders, worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
- mantinea — an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
- mantises — Plural form of mantis.
- mantissa — Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm. Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- manumits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manumit.
- manutius — Aldus [awl-duh s,, al-] /ˈɔl dəs,, ˈæl-/ (Show IPA), (Teobaldo Mannucci or Manuzio) 1450–1515, Italian printer and classical scholar.
- manx cat — a tailless variety of the domestic cat.
- manyatta — (East Africa) A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors.
- map onto — to fit in with or correspond to
- marantic — (medicine) Pertaining to marasmus.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maritain — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- martaban — Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- martagon — A Eurasian lily.
- martin i — Saint, died a.d. 655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 649–655.
- martin v — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.