9-letter words containing n, a, m, h
- hyper-man — A browser available with Epoch giving hypertext access to the Unix manual.
- hypomania — a mania of low intensity.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- immingham — a port in NE England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: docks opened in 1912, principally for the exporting of coal; now handles chiefly bulk materials, esp imported iron ore. Pop: 11 090 (2001)
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhambane — a seaport in SE Mozambique.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kathmandu — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- khamaseen — A cyclonic type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
- khansamah — a native house steward or butler.
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- lanthanum — a rare-earth, trivalent, metallic element, allied to aluminum, found in certain minerals, as monazite. Symbol: La; atomic weight: 138.91; atomic number: 57; specific gravity: 6.15 at 20°C.
- lengthman — a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of road or railway line
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- machinima — the process of making real-time animated films by utilizing the 3D graphics technology of computer games.
- machining — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- mah-jongg — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- mahajanga — a port in NW Madagascar, on Bombetoka Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- maharanee — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- man-hater — someone, esp a woman, who dislikes or hates men
- manchette — armpad.
- 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).
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manhattan — Also called Manhattan Island. an island in New York City surrounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers. 13½ miles (22 km) long; 2½ miles (4 km) greatest width; 22¼ sq. mi. (58 sq. km).
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manna ash — an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus, of S Europe
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- maranatha — a curse or exclamation
- marathons — Plural form of marathon.