9-letter words containing c, n, s
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- medicines — Plural form of medicine.
- meniscate — resembling a meniscus
- meniscoid — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- menoeceus — a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- mesocolon — the mesentery of the colon.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- micronise — (British) To reduce in size often to micrometer scale.
- micronism — A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mini disc — (storage, music) A music medium designed by Sony as a portable replacement for music Compact Discs. In 1994 Sony announced a data version which can hold 140 MB or about 100 MB using error correction. These will be competitive with 128 MB magneto-optical disks. Mini Discs may be either a re-writable or mass-produced read-only type. Sony have also announced a standard data format. The transfer rate is similar to CD-ROM which is slow compared to the current magneto-optical drives (which are similar to an old hard disk, with writing noticeably slower than reading). Pre-recorded read-only Mini Discs can be mass manufactured on a modified CD press - this and the standard format mean it could take off as a software distribution medium. An article in the December 1994 PCW quotes access times of about 300 ms and data transfer rate of about 150 kb/s (i.e. about single spin CD rate).
- minidiscs — Plural form of minidisc.
- miniscule — minuscule.
- minuscule — very small.
- misandric — One who professes misandry; a hater of men.
- miscegeny — (rare) Miscegenation.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- miscounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscount.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- mnemonics — something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
- mnesicles — Greek architect of the 5th century b.c.
- mocassins — Plural form of mocassin.
- moccasins — Plural form of moccasin.
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- monachism — monasticism.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monecious — monoecious.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monocarps — Plural form of monocarp.
- monoceros — (obsolete) a unicorn.
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.
- monoecism — the state of having both male and female organs of reproduction
- monoicous — Alternative form of monoecious.
- monoscope — a cathode-ray tube that provides a signal of a fixed pattern, formerly used for testing television equipment at the end of a broadcast day.
- monosemic — Of or pertaining to monosemy.
- monosomic — having one less than the usual diploid number of chromosomes.
- monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.