9-letter words containing m, a, u, s, o
- 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.
- moussakas — Plural form of moussaka.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- mulattoes — Plural form of mulatto.
- musaceous — belonging to the Musaceae, the banana family of plants.
- muscavado — muscovado.
- muscovado — raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
- 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.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- 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.
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- ossuarium — ossuary.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sea mouse — any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- 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.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- squamosal — Anatomy. of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stomatous — stomatal.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom