9-letter words containing a, s, o, u
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- mosasaurs — Plural form of mosasaur.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- 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.
- mouse mat — (hardware) (U.S.: "mouse pad") A small sheet with a special surface for a rolling ball mouse to move on. Most mouse mats are sheets of rubber or foam about 20cm by 25cm and about 5mm thick with one side covered with cloth or sometimes hard plastic. Deluxe versions come combined with a wrist rest. It is rare to find a mouse mat which does not carry some form of advertisement for some company or other. They are such a common free gift that few people actually have to buy one. Mats are supposed to provide better traction and a clean, lint-free surface over which to move but it debatable whether they are useful at all, or whether any appropriate surface (preferably hard, even, flat, and clean) is as good. Howevever, some mice which use optical (e.g. Sun) or radio-frequency sensors (e.g. ?) to detect motion (instead of using a rolling ball) will only work on specially designed mouse mats. Critics may consider this to be part of the connector conspiracy, though the designers would claim greater reliability due to the absence of moving parts.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- mouse-ear — short for mouse-ear chickweed
- mousetail — (botany) Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- moussakas — Plural form of moussaka.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- mulattoes — Plural form of mulatto.
- musaceous — belonging to the Musaceae, the banana family of plants.
- muscavado — muscovado.
- muscovado — raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
- 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.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- 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.
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- no wukkas — an expression used to express agreement or to convey that something is proceeding or has proceeded satisfactorily; no problem
- non-usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- noncasual — not casual
- noncausal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonsexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- 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)