9-letter words containing a, t, h, o, m, e
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- meat hook — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- methadone — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- motheaten — Alt form moth-eaten.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- nathemore — nevermore
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- theomania — a delusional mental illness in which a person believes himself or herself to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- tottenham — a former borough, now part of Haringey, in SE England, N of London.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.