9-letter words containing m, a, n, t
- amenhotep — name of four kings of Egypt who ruled during the 16th, 15th, & 14th cent. b.c.
- amenities — useful or pleasant facilities or services
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- amidation — to convert into an amide.
- amination — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- amnesties — Plural form of amnesty.
- amniotomy — the artificial rupturing of the fetal membranes by a doctor or midwife to induce or expedite labour
- amount to — If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- amounting — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amthamine — A histamine agonist selective for the H2 subtype.
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- amyotonia — a condition in which the muscle tissues lack normal vigor and tension; lack of muscle tone
- anamniote — any vertebrate animal, such as a fish or amphibian, that lacks an amnion, chorion, and allantois during embryonic development
- anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
- anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
- anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
- anatomist — An anatomist is an expert in anatomy.
- anatomize — If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
- andamento — an extended fugue subject.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- angiomata — a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- angstroms — Plural form of angstrom.
- animalist — a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.
- animality — the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
- animately — In an animate way.
- animatics — Plural form of animatic.
- animating — Present participle of animate.
- animation — Animation is the process of making films in which drawings or puppets appear to move.
- animatism — the belief that inanimate objects have consciousness
- animative — Tending to animate; causing animation.
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animatron — An animatronic robot.
- animistic — the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- annexment — a thing that is adjoined or added on
- annoyment — (proscribed) Annoyance.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anonymity — the condition or fact of being anonymous
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- anthemion — a floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf motifs
- anthodium — the flower head or bracts of a composite plant, as in daisies or asters
- anthurium — any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract
- anti-atom — an atom composed of antiparticles, in which the nucleus contains antiprotons with orbiting positrons
- antiarmor — (military) Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
- antiatoms — Plural form of antiatom.
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime