9-letter words containing m, a, s, n, u
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- magnesium — a light, ductile, silver-white, metallic element that burns with a dazzling white light, used in lightweight alloys, flares, fireworks, in the manufacture of flashbulbs, optical mirrors, and precision instruments, and as a zinc substitute in batteries. Symbol: Mg; atomic weight: 24.312; atomic number: 12; specific gravity: 1.74 at 20°C.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- maneuvers — Plural form of maneuver.
- maneuvres — Plural form of maneuvre.
- manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- marinus i — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- marquesan — a Polynesian native of the Marquesas Islands.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mass noun — a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.
- matanuska — a river in S Alaska flowing SW to Cook Inlet. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- mensurate — (obsolete) To measure absolutely the height, lattitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- mesangium — (anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- moundsman — pitcher2 (def 2).
- mount isa — a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)
- mountains — Plural form of mountain.
- mud snake — an iridescent black and red snake, Farancia abacura, of southeastern and south-central U.S., having a sharp, stiff tail tip used in manipulating prey into position for swallowing.
- mulligans — Plural form of mulligan.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- muscleman — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- musicians — Plural form of musician.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- musomania — An obsession with music.
- mussulman — a Muslim.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- mutations — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
- namaycush — a lake trout.