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8-Letter Words Starting with M (45 words)
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mackerel (16 points)
Holy fish (wordplay)
Catch of the day, perhaps
Jack Sprat's catch (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 16 pts
macrural (12 points)
Pertaining to {macruran=n}
M·3+A·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
madrigal (12 points)
Lyric poem set to music
R in a girl with a girl in parts of song
An old song, 'Crazy about a Girl'
M·3+A·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
mainsail (10 points)
Ian's mail (anagram)
Part of a schooner
It's connected to a boom
M·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
malarial (10 points)
Afflicted with paludism
The song in the Mall is a feverish one
Like some fevers
M·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
mandrill (11 points)
Primate set the staff practice
West African baboon
Is he a bore? Then monkey with it
M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts
mangonel (11 points)
Medieval war machine
M·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
maniacal (12 points)
Like a "haha" starting with a "mwah"
Like some grins
Like evil laughs in movies
M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
mannitol (10 points)
""An alcohol, also MANNITE""
M·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+L·1 = 10 pts
manorial (10 points)
Pertaining to a house
Descriptive of a country house.
Of an estate.
M·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
manurial (10 points)
Pertaining to manure
M·3+A·1+N·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
marginal (11 points)
On spring's fringe (wordplay)
Very close (decision)
On the verge of alarming changes
M·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
marshall (13 points)
- - plan (post WW2)
Actor E.G.
Noted Nobel Prize winner
M·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
material (10 points)
I alert ma (anagram)
Relevant sort of cloth (wordplay)
Type of girl Madonna is (wordplay)
M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
materiel (10 points)
Army supplies, collectively
Weapons, equipment, etc.
Equipment and supplies.
M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts
maternal (10 points)
Just like your mother (wordplay)
It may precede "instinct"
On the mother's side of the family
M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
matronal (10 points)
Womanly
M·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
meatball (12 points)
Spaghetti topper, perhaps
Rissole of beef, pork etc
Spicy beef creation
M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts
medieval (14 points)
Like knight time
Old-fashioned: sl.
To do with the Middle Ages
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
memorial (12 points)
The Lincoln, for one
Cross along a road, maybe
* Day start (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
meniscal (12 points)
In the shape of a meniscus
M·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
mensural (10 points)
Kind of music notation
M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
metazoal (19 points)
Pertaining to a {metazoan=n}
M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
methanol (13 points)
Model airplane fuel, primarily
Ingredient in some antifreezes
Form of alcohol
M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+O·1+L·1 = 13 pts
methylal (16 points)
A flammable liquid
M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
metrical (12 points)
Involving measurement, in poetry say
Calm rite (anagram)
Is it calmer sort of verse (wordplay)
M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
milligal (11 points)
A unit of acceleration
M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
minutial (10 points)
Tending to be minutia
M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
mislabel (12 points)
Make a jarring error (wordplay)
Violate the Food and Drug Act.
Tag incorrectly
M·3+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
mistrial (10 points)
Poor hearing (wordplay)
Court procedure made void by error
Result of an error at court
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
monachal (15 points)
Report of eyeglass belonging to monk
M·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
monaural (10 points)
Like older LP's
Like old recordings
Of single sound source
M·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
monaxial (17 points)
Having one axis
M·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
monomial (12 points)
An algebraic expression consisting of a single term
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
monorail (10 points)
A one-liner (wordplay)
Transit for people with one-track minds?
Some airport features
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
moonsail (10 points)
""A light, square sail""
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
morainal (10 points)
Resembling a {moraine=n}
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
mothball (15 points)
Closet security (wordplay)
Item in the closet, perhaps
Put into storage
M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
motional (10 points)
Re movement
M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
mucoidal (13 points)
Pertaining to a {mucoid=n}
M·3+U·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
muscadel (13 points)
Source of Merlot (as clued in error)
Dry white wine of the Loire
M·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
muscatel (12 points)
Type of wine - calumets (anagram)
Fly allowed up from the cellar perhaps
Rich, sweet wine
M·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
mycelial (15 points)
Resembling a {mycelium=n}
M·3+Y·4+C·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
mystical (15 points)
City slam United - that's inexplicable!
Sounds foggy, perhaps, and obscure
Based on intuition
M·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
mythical (18 points)
Based on fable
There is little truth in thy claim
Based on ancient stories
M·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts

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