9-letter words containing e, m, a, n
- 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.
- minuteman — (sometimes lowercase) a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
- mirandize — (sometimes lowercase) Informal. to advise (a person being arrested) of his or her rights under the Miranda ruling.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- misdemean — to misbehave (oneself).
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- mislearns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislearn.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- mitnagged — a member of an Orthodox Jewish movement in central or eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that advocated an intellectual, legalistic approach to Judaism and opposed the emotional, mystical approach of the Hasidim. Compare Hasid (def 1).
- mizenmast — Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
- mom jeans — Informal. unstylish women's jeans.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- mondayize — to move (a statutory holiday, such as the Queen's birthday) to the nearest Monday in order to secure a long weekend
- money-bag — a bag for money.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- monoamine — any of various biogenic amine neurotransmitters having a single amino group, as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
- monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- monolayer — molecular film.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monoplane — an airplane with one main sustaining surface or one set of wings.
- monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
- montadale — one of a breed of white-faced, hornless sheep developed in the U.S. by crossing Cheviot rams and Columbia ewes, noted for their meat and heavy fleece.
- montaigne — Michel Eyquem [mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- montezuma — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- moon gate — (in Chinese architecture) a circular gateway in a wall.
- moonbeams — Plural form of moonbeam.
- moonfaced — Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
- moonglade — (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moonquake — a seismic vibration of the moon's surface.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- mordanted — Simple past tense and past participle of mordant.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morganite — rose-colored beryl.
- 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)
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- movieland — a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.
- moyen age — Middle Ages.