9-letter words containing m, o, r, t
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meditator — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed
- memoirist — a person who writes memoirs.
- memoriter — by heart; by memory.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mentoring — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- merestone — A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
- meritious — Having merit.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- merozoite — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- 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.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- 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
- meteorite — a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- meteoroid — any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor.
- meteorol. — meteorological
- meteorous — resembling, or having the nature of, a meteor
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- metronome — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
- metropole — A metropolis; the main city of a country or area. (from 15th c.).
- micro$oft — (abuse, company) Microsoft written with a dollar sign, as though there was any doubt that they are a money-making enterprise. This little witticism was probably created before Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates established the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- microdata — (statistics) data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
- microdont — abnormally small teeth.
- microdots — Plural form of microdot.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.