9-letter words containing a, m, i, t, o
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- mactation — the act of sacrificial killing
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- maintenon — Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- malacotic — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- mammonite — the greedy pursuit of riches.
- mancation — a holiday for a group of men, esp. one that involves typically masculine pursuits
- manicotti — a dish consisting of large, tubular noodles stuffed with a mild cheese and baked in a tomato sauce.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manitoban — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- māori rat — a small brown rat, Rattus exulans, native to New Zealand
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- martinson — Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massasoit — c1580–1661, North American Indian leader: sachem of the Wampanoag tribe; negotiator of peace treaty with the Pilgrims 1621 (father of King Philip).
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- matteotti — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1924, Italian socialist leader.
- mediation — action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meditator — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- mentation — mental activity.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- microdata — (statistics) data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- 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.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.