9-letter words containing e, n, t, h
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- man-hater — someone, esp a woman, who dislikes or hates men
- manchette — armpad.
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- 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
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- metahuman — Superhuman.
- 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].
- 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.
- metheglin — a variety of spiced mead.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mithering — Present participle of mither.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monteiths — Plural form of monteith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- 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.
- mothering — a female parent.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- naphthene — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- nathanael — a disciple of Jesus, possibly Bartholomew. John 1:45–51.
- nathaniel — Bartholomew (def 1).
- natheless — nevertheless.
- nathemore — nevermore
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- neogothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nepenthes — nepenthe.
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.