9-letter words containing m, u, h
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manicheus — Manes.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
- mathusala — Methuselah (def 1).
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- meshugaas — foolishness; insanity; senselessness.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- metahuman — Superhuman.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- methought — simple past tense of methinks.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- mint bush — an aromatic shrub of the genus Prostanthera with a mintlike odour: family Lamiaceae (labiates): native to Australia
- mirthfull — Archaic form of mirthful.
- mistaught — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mistruths — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- mithraeum — a temple of Mithras.
- mizoguchi — Kenji (ˈkɛndʒɪ). 1898–1956, Japanese film director. His films include A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1925), Woman of Osaka (1940), and Ugetsu Monogatari (1952)
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- monohulls — Plural form of monohull.
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- mousefish — sargassumfish.
- mousehole — the burrow of a mouse.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouth off — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- mouthfeel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- mouthfull — Misspelling of mouthful.
- mouthfuls — Plural form of mouthful.
- mouthings — Plural form of mouthing.
- mouthless — Without a mouth.
- mouthlike — Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one.
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- muay thai — a martial art developed in Thailand in which blows may be struck with the fists, elbows, knees, and shins
- much less — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- mud berth — a mooring place in which a vessel rests on the bottom at low tide.
- mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
- mujahedin — Alt form mujahideen.
- mujahidin — Alternative form of mujahideen; Plural form of mujahid.
- mullahism — governance or rule by mullahs