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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
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