9-letter words containing i, m, e, n, s
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- modernise — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- modernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- modernist — a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- moistened — Simple past tense and past participle of moisten.
- moistener — Something used to moisten, especially a cosmetic.
- moistness — The property of being moist.
- moldiness — The state or degree of being moldy.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- molesting — Present participle of molest.
- monecious — monoecious.
- monergism — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monetised — Simple past tense and past participle of monetise.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- monitress — a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monoecism — the state of having both male and female organs of reproduction
- monosemic — Of or pertaining to monosemy.
- monoxides — Plural form of monoxide.
- monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
- monteiths — Plural form of monteith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moodiness — given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- moonrises — Plural form of moonrise.
- moonshine — Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- mossiness — The state or condition of being mossy.
- mousiness — The property of being mousy.
- muckiness — The quality of being mucky.
- muddiness — The characteristic of being muddy.
- mugginess — The characteristic of being muggy.
- mugginses — Plural form of muggins.
- mumsiness — drabness
- muniments — muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- mushiness — resembling mush; pulpy.
- muskiness — The characteristic of being musky.
- musteline — belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
- muster in — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- mustering — Present participle of muster.
- mustiness — having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food.
- mutineers — A person, esp. a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.
- muzziness — The state or quality of being muzzy.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- near miss — a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.