9-letter words containing m, r, s, c
- hermetics — alchemy
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.
- lumbricus — a member of a genus of worms of the same name, the most common of which is the common earth worm, Lumbricus terrestris
- macaroons — Plural form of macaroon.
- macerates — Plural form of macerate.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macrocosm — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
- macrocyst — a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- macrotous — having large ears
- macrurous — long-tailed, as a lobster (opposed to brachyurous).
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascarons — grotesque face used as decoration
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mass card — a card stating that a Mass will be said, especially for a deceased person, and sent by the donor, as to the family of the deceased.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- massacree — (colloquial) A sequence of events so absurd, complicated and uncommon as to be unbelievable.
- massacrer — One who massacres.
- massacres — Plural form of massacre.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mediocris — (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .