9-letter words containing m, i, s, o
- mestizoes — Plural form of mestizo.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- meteorism — A rapid accumulation of gas in the intestine. Meteorism is typically a sign of bowel necrosis from bacterial infection, a life-threatening surgical emergency, and is usually caused by the consumption of large quantities of undercooked pork.
- meteorist — a person who studies meteors
- methodism — the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
- methodist — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microcosm — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- microdose — (medicine) A very low dose (especially of radiation therapy).
- microdots — Plural form of microdot.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- micronise — (British) To reduce in size often to micrometer scale.
- micronism — A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microsoft — Microsoft Corporation
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- midpoints — Plural form of midpoint.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- millponds — Plural form of millpond.
- millstone — either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- minestone — ore, esp iron ore
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- 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.
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- minutiose — attentive to very small details
- mirligoes — dizziness
- mis-order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- misbecome — to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.
- misbestow — to bestow wrongly
- misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
- mischoice — a bad or wrong choice