9-letter words containing h, o, m, t
- hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- jokesmith — (jocular) A person who devises jokes.
- jotunheim — the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- 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).
- loudmouth — a loudmouthed person.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- marathons — Plural form of marathon.
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matchwood — wood suitable for match.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- meat hook — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- 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].