9-letter words containing h, a, m, i
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- kamarhati — a city in West Bengal state, in NE India, a suburb of Kolkata.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- machinima — the process of making real-time animated films by utilizing the 3D graphics technology of computer games.
- machining — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- maghemite — a strongly magnetic dimorph of hematite.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maharishi — a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
- mahi-mahi — the dolphinfish, especially when used as a food fish.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mahmud ii — 1785–1839, sultan of Turkey 1809–39.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mail path — source route
- mailcoach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- makizushi — Rolled sushi.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.