9-letter words containing m, i, s, n, a
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- midbrains — Plural form of midbrain.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mindstate — A state of mind.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- ministate — a small, independent nation.
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- misandric — One who professes misandry; a hater of men.
- misassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- misdating — Present participle of misdate.
- misdemean — to misbehave (oneself).
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- mislearns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislearn.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- mismating — Present participle of mismate.
- missaying — Present participle of missay.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- missional — a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- mitigants — Plural form of mitigant.
- mizenmast — Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
- mocassins — Plural form of mocassin.
- moccasins — Plural form of moccasin.
- molossian — a breed of dog native to Epirus in NW Greece, used in classical antiquity as a hunting dog and guard dog
- mona lisa — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- monachism — monasticism.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monomials — Plural form of monomial.
- monorails — Plural form of monorail.
- mount isa — a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)