9-letter words containing m, a, s, t, r
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metameres — Plural form of metamere.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaverse — A virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users.
- meterages — Plural form of meterage.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- miscreate — miscreated.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- misrelate — (transitive) To relate inaccurately.
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- mistarget — To target incorrectly.
- mistreats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistreat.
- mistrials — Plural form of mistrial.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- mithraism — an ancient Persian religion in which Mithras was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d.
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monastral — denoting certain fast pigments used in paints and inks, derived from phthalocyanine
- monsarrat — Nicholas, 1910–79, English novelist in Canada.
- moralists — Plural form of moralist.
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- mortgages — Plural form of mortgage.
- motorcars — Plural form of motorcar.
- motorways — Plural form of motorway.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- muralists — Plural form of muralist.
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- myristate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- myristica — (botany) Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- nastygram — (networking) /nas'tee-gram/ 1. A network packet or e-mail message (the latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things. 2. Disapproving e-mail, especially from a net.god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare shitogram, mailbomb. 3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What did Corporate say in today's nastygram?" 4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce message.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- 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.
- origamist — A person who does origami.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.