9-letter words containing a, n, o, s, m
- moonwards — towards the moon
- moorlands — Plural form of moorland.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- moundsman — pitcher2 (def 2).
- mount isa — a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)
- mountains — Plural form of mountain.
- 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.
- 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.
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- nanograms — Plural form of nanogram.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- nationism — (sociolinguistics) The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- newswoman — a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
- no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
- nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- 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
- oarswoman — A female rower, especially as a member of a racing team.
- oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- oncostman — a miner who is paid daily
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- postwoman — female postal worker
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.