9-letter words containing m, a, h
- maharajah — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharajas — Plural form of maharaja.
- maharanee — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- 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.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- 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 head — to make progress
- 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.
- maksoorah — (in a mosque) a screen or partition enclosing an area for prayer or a tomb.
- 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.
- 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.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- man-hater — someone, esp a woman, who dislikes or hates men
- manchette — armpad.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manhattan — Also called Manhattan Island. an island in New York City surrounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers. 13½ miles (22 km) long; 2½ miles (4 km) greatest width; 22¼ sq. mi. (58 sq. km).
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- 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.
- manna ash — an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus, of S Europe
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- maranatha — a curse or exclamation
- marathons — Plural form of marathon.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marchland — borderland.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- 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).