9-letter words containing m, a, g, e
- matronage — the state of being a matron.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- megabases — Plural form of megabase.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- megabytes — Plural form of megabyte.
- megachain — A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses).
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- megacycle — Electricity. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second; megahertz. The term megahertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: Mc, mc.
- megadeath — a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.
- megadoses — Plural form of megadose.
- megaevent — A very large-scale event.
- megafarad — a unit of electric capacitance equal to one million farads
- megafauna — land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megagauss — a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one million gauss
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megajoule — a unit of work or energy, equal to one million joules.
- megalesia — an ancient Roman festival in honor of the Magna Mater.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megaquake — an earthquake of exceptional destructive power, esp one with a magnitude of 8 or greater, which may generate a tsunami
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- megastars — Plural form of megastar.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megathere — any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.