9-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- contempts — Plural form of contempt.
- cornemuse — a type of French bagpipes
- cosmogeny — (dated) cosmogony.
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- cusimanse — A small mongoose, of genus Crossarchus, native to West Africa.
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- d-s meson — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- damnedest — If you say that something is the damnedest thing, you are emphasizing that it is surprising or odd.
- deaminase — an enzyme that breaks down and takes out the amino group from amino compounds
- deathsman — an executioner
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- demersion — immersion in a fluid
- demijohns — Plural form of demijohn.
- demission — relinquishment of or abdication from an office, responsibility, etc
- demisting — (in a motor vehicle) the removal of condensation through evaporation produced by a heater or blower
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonised — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- demonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demonize.
- demoscene — a computer art subculture whose members produce non-interactive multimedia presentations in order to compete artistically
- demotions — Plural form of demotion.
- denialism — Describes the position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence and seek to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- desdemona — (in Shakespeare's Othello) Othello's wife, murdered by her husband as a result of jealousy instilled by Iago.
- dimension — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disinhume — to disinter.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- documents — Plural form of document.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- domineers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of domineer.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dumminess — the condition of being one who contributes nothing or has no comment to make on proceedings
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dynamites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite.
- dysmnesia — an impairment of memory.
- easements — Plural form of easement.
- economics — (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- economies — Plural form of economy.
- economise — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- economism — the theory or practice of assigning primary importance to the economy or to economic achievement.
- economist — a specialist in economics.
- ecumenics — the study of the Christian church in its aspect as a worldwide Christian community.
- ecumenism — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.