9-letter words containing m, a, o, t, s, e
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- moot case — a case dealing with an abstract question, or one seeking a judgement on a right before the right has been asserted
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- mortgages — Plural form of mortgage.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- motivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate.
- mouse mat — (hardware) (U.S.: "mouse pad") A small sheet with a special surface for a rolling ball mouse to move on. Most mouse mats are sheets of rubber or foam about 20cm by 25cm and about 5mm thick with one side covered with cloth or sometimes hard plastic. Deluxe versions come combined with a wrist rest. It is rare to find a mouse mat which does not carry some form of advertisement for some company or other. They are such a common free gift that few people actually have to buy one. Mats are supposed to provide better traction and a clean, lint-free surface over which to move but it debatable whether they are useful at all, or whether any appropriate surface (preferably hard, even, flat, and clean) is as good. Howevever, some mice which use optical (e.g. Sun) or radio-frequency sensors (e.g. ?) to detect motion (instead of using a rolling ball) will only work on specially designed mouse mats. Critics may consider this to be part of the connector conspiracy, though the designers would claim greater reliability due to the absence of moving parts.
- mousetail — (botany) Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mulattoes — Plural form of mulatto.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ostomates — Plural form of ostomate.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- san mateo — a city in W California.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sörenstam — Annika (ˈænɪka). born 1970, Swedish golfer; winner of the US Women's Open (1995, 1996, 2006), the LPGA Championship (2003, 2004, 2005), and the British Women's Open (2003)
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stateroom — a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.
- steamboat — a steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters.
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vistadome — dome (def 7).