9-letter words containing m, e, n, h
- menhadens — Plural form of menhaden.
- menorrhea — menstrual flow.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- metahuman — Superhuman.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- methadone — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- metheglin — a variety of spiced mead.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- midheaven — the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- mithering — Present participle of mither.
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- mon-khmer — a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Burma, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monorhine — an animal that has one nasal orifice
- monorhyme — a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.
- monowheel — A vehicle similar to a unicycle, its rider sitting within or adjacent to the single wheel.
- monteiths — Plural form of monteith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moonshine — Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morphogen — A chemical agent able to cause or determine morphogenesis.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- motheaten — Alt form moth-eaten.
- mothering — a female parent.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mujahedin — Alt form mujahideen.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mushiness — resembling mush; pulpy.
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- namecheck — A public mention or listing of the name of a person or thing such as a product, especially in acknowledgment or for publicity purposes.