9-letter words containing m, e, a, n
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- megatrend — a major trend or movement.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- meiofauna — Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- membranal — Of or pertaining to a membrane.
- membraned — Having a (specified type of) membrane.
- membranes — Plural form of membrane.
- memoranda — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- menadione — a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- mendacity — the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
- mendelian — of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.
- mendicant — begging; practicing begging; living on alms.
- mendicate — (ambitransitive) To beg.
- menhadens — Plural form of menhaden.
- meningeal — (anatomy) Relating to the meninges.
- meniscate — resembling a meniscus
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- menorrhea — menstrual flow.
- menstrate — Misspelling of menstruate.
- 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.
- mentalese — the language of thought; thoughts represented in the mind without words, especially complex thoughts built from simpler ones.
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- mentalize — (usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical.
- mentation — mental activity.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merganser — any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the subfamily Merginae, having a narrow bill hooked at the tip and serrated at the edges.
- meridians — Plural form of meridian.