9-letter words containing a, t, s, e, o
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- loadstone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- love seat — a small upholstered sofa for two people
- loveseats — Plural form of loveseat.
- loyalties — Plural form of loyalty.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marmosets — Plural form of marmoset.
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- massorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- masterdom — complete control; mastery
- masterson — William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- 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).
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- moot case — a case dealing with an abstract question, or one seeking a judgement on a right before the right has been asserted
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- mortgages — Plural form of mortgage.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- motivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate.
- 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.