9-letter words containing m, a, w
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- mailwoman — (rare) A female postal worker.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- make away — to depart in haste
- make news — to do something that is apt to be reported as news
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
- malus-law — the law stating that the intensity of a beam of plane-polarized light after passing through a rotatable polarizer varies as the square of the cosine of the angle through which the polarizer is rotated from the position that gives maximum intensity.
- malware's — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
- manawydan — a brother of Bran, Efnisien, and Branwen, and the second husband of Rhiannon: he rescued Pryderi from enchantments cast upon him by Llwyd.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- manxwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Isle of Man
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marrowfat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marrowsky — spoonerism
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- matchwood — wood suitable for match.
- mathewson — Christopher ("Christy") 1880–1925, U.S. baseball player.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- meadowrue — A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum.
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- megawatts — Plural form of megawatt.
- melt away — thaw
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
- metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- midas-www — (web) A Motif-based browser for WWW based on the Midas toolkit.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- milky way — the spiral galaxy containing our solar system. With the naked eye it is observed as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
- milliwatt — a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt. Abbreviation: mW.
- milwaukee — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- milwaukie — a town in NW Oregon.
- mishawaka — a city in N Indiana, near South Bend.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.