9-letter words containing m, u, s, i, c
- intumesce — to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- lumbricus — a member of a genus of worms of the same name, the most common of which is the common earth worm, Lumbricus terrestris
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculism — Support for male domination of women, for patriarchy; opposition to equality for women; anti-feminism.
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- miniscule — minuscule.
- minuscule — very small.
- miscolour — (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- miscounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscount.
- monecious — monoecious.
- monoicous — Alternative form of monoecious.
- moscovium — a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced. Symbol: Mc; atomic no: 115; atomic wt: 289
- muckiness — The quality of being mucky.
- mucositis — A complication of some cancer therapies in which the lining of the digestive system becomes inflamed. Often seen as sores in the mouth.
- multicast — Send (data) across a computer network to several users at the same time.
- multidisc — comprising more than one disc
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- musciform — (botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
- muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- muscovite — a native or inhabitant of Moscow.
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- musicales — Plural form of musicale.
- musically — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- musicians — Plural form of musician.
- musicless — without music
- mustachio — a mustache.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.