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9-letter words containing a, m, u, s

  • muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
  • muscatels — Plural form of muscatel.
  • muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
  • muscavado — muscovado.
  • muscleman — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
  • muscovado — raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
  • mush area — a region where signals from two or more radio transmitters overlap, causing fading and distortion
  • mushairas — Plural form of mushaira.
  • musharraf — Pervez (ˈpɛrveɪz). born 1943, Pakistani general and politician; became military leader of Pakistan following a coup in 2001; president (2001–08)
  • musicales — Plural form of musicale.
  • musically — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
  • musicians — Plural form of musician.
  • muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
  • musomania — An obsession with music.
  • mussitate — to mutter; mumble.
  • mussulman — a Muslim.
  • must-have — A must-have is something modern that many people want to have.
  • must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
  • mustached — Having a mustache.
  • mustaches — Plural form of mustache.
  • mustachio — a mustache.
  • mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
  • mutations — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
  • mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
  • mutilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mutilate.
  • mutualise — Alternative spelling of mutualize.
  • mutualism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
  • mutualist — a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
  • myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
  • namaycush — a lake trout.
  • neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
  • new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
  • novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
  • numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
  • ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • ossuarium — ossuary.
  • outmaster — to surpass
  • outscream — to scream louder than
  • outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
  • outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
  • pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
  • paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
  • pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
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