9-letter words containing m, i, s, t
- jumpsuits — Plural form of jumpsuit.
- kermesite — a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
- ketoximes — Plural form of ketoxime.
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- laminitis — inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- last mile — the distance walked by a condemned person from his or her cell to the place of execution.
- 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.
- lifetimes — Plural form of lifetime.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- limestone — a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- limitless — without limit; boundless: limitless ambition; limitless space.
- liniments — Plural form of liniment.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- lose time — delay, fail to act
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- magisters — Plural form of magister.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- magmatism — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnesite — a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- magnetise — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnetism — the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- main stem — the main street of a city or town; the main drag.
- mainmasts — Plural form of mainmast.
- mains set — an appliance, such as a television or radio, that is powered by mains electricity
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- mainstage — The largest performing space in a venue.
- mainstays — Plural form of mainstay.
- maintains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain.
- maistring — ruling or subduing