9-letter words containing m, a, n
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- atomizing — Present participle of atomize.
- atonalism — atonality.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- attackman — a player whose primary role is to attack
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- automaton — If you say that someone is an automaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- badminton — Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- band mill — a powered machine having two pulleys for a saw band or a file band; band saw.
- bandmates — Plural form of bandmate.
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- beam wind — a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.
- beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- benzamine — eucaine.
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bigeminal — happening in pairs