9-letter words containing a, e, r, o
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- moderated — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- moderator — a person or thing that moderates.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monolayer — molecular film.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- mooseyard — an area of trodden snow where moose spend the winter
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- moralised — Simple past tense and past participle of moralise.
- moralized — Simple past tense and past participle of moralize.
- moralizer — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moralize.
- moralless — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- moraxella — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, certain species of which, as M. lacunata, are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- moray eel — long fish
- mordanted — Simple past tense and past participle of mordant.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morecambe — a port and resort in NW England, in NW Lancashire on Morecambe Bay (an inlet of the Irish Sea). Pop (with Heysham): 49 569 (2001)
- morganite — rose-colored beryl.
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- mortalize — (transitive) To make mortal.
- mortgaged — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- mortgagee — a person to whom property is mortgaged.
- mortgager — a person who mortgages property.
- mortgages — Plural form of mortgage.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- motorable — Which can be traveled on by motor cars.
- motorcade — a procession or parade of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
- mouse-ear — short for mouse-ear chickweed
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- name-drop — mention famous person to impress
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- nanometer — one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- nanometre — An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- narcotine — An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nathemore — nevermore