9-letter words containing a, r, m, u, e
- mensurate — (obsolete) To measure absolutely the height, lattitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- mercurate — Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- mithraeum — a temple of Mithras.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- 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.
- muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- muckraker — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- mugearite — an igneous rock containing oligoclase, olivine, orthoclase, and apatite
- mule-ears — any of several composite plants of the genus Wyethia, of the western U.S., having large leaves and broad flower heads with yellow rays.
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- mullarkey — Alternative form of malarkey.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- mush area — a region where signals from two or more radio transmitters overlap, causing fading and distortion
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- neurinoma — A schwannoma.
- 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)
- nonmature — not mature; immature
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- numeraire — a basic standard by which values are measured, as gold in the monetary system.
- numerally — According to number; in number; numerically.
- numerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- per annum — by the year; yearly.
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.