9-letter words containing m, i, s, h, a
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maharishi — a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- makizushi — Rolled sushi.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- manicheus — Manes.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marsh tit — a small European songbird, Parus palustris, with a black head and greyish-brown body: family Paridae (tits)
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mashgiach — mashgiah.
- masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- memsahibs — Plural form of memsahib.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.