9-letter words containing c, s, r
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascarons — grotesque face used as decoration
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mass card — a card stating that a Mass will be said, especially for a deceased person, and sent by the donor, as to the family of the deceased.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- massacree — (colloquial) A sequence of events so absurd, complicated and uncommon as to be unbelievable.
- massacrer — One who massacres.
- massacres — Plural form of massacre.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mediocris — (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metricise — study metre of poetry
- metricism — the study of metrics
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microcosm — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microdose — (medicine) A very low dose (especially of radiation therapy).
- microdots — Plural form of microdot.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- 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.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microsoft — Microsoft Corporation
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- misandric — One who professes misandry; a hater of men.