9-letter words containing m, a, i, t
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- 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).
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- 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.
- 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.
- mactation — the act of sacrificial killing
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- maghemite — a strongly magnetic dimorph of hematite.
- magisters — Plural form of magister.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- magmatism — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnesite — a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- magnetise — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnetism — the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- magnetite — a very common black iron oxide mineral, Fe 3 O 4 , that is strongly attracted by magnets: an important iron ore.
- magnetize — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- mail path — source route
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- main stem — the main street of a city or town; the main drag.
- mainmasts — Plural form of mainmast.
- mains set — an appliance, such as a television or radio, that is powered by mains electricity
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- mainstage — The largest performing space in a venue.
- mainstays — Plural form of mainstay.
- maintaine — Obsolete spelling of maintain.
- maintains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain.
- maintenon — Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- maiquetia — a city in the Federal District, in N Venezuela.
- maistring — ruling or subduing
- maitre d' — maître d'hôtel (defs 1–3).
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- majesties — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
- make time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.