9-letter words containing n, e, o, r, m
- meroclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells.
- merocrine — (of the secretion of glands) characterized by formation of the product without undergoing disintegration
- meronymic — Relating to a meronym or meronyms.
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- merperson — A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- metronome — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- mezereons — Plural form of mezereon.
- micronise — (British) To reduce in size often to micrometer scale.
- micronize — Break (a substance) into very fine particles.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- minitower — a vertical case, smaller than a tower, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- misnomers — Plural form of misnomer.
- misorient — to orient wrongly or improperly.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- missioner — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- modernise — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- modernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- modernist — a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- modernize — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- moistener — Something used to moisten, especially a cosmetic.
- moldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- mon-khmer — a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Burma, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monergism — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- moneywort — a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
- mongering — a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
- monitored — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- monitress — a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- monoceros — (obsolete) a unicorn.
- monoester — a single esterified polybasic acid.
- monolayer — molecular film.
- monomeric — a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer.
- monometer — a line of verse of one measure or foot.
- monorhine — an animal that has one nasal orifice
- monorhyme — a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.
- monotower — A monotower is an offshore platform without any workers, which has one leg.
- monotreme — any animal of the Monotremata, the most primitive order of mammals, characterized by certain birdlike and reptilian features, as hatching young from eggs, and having a single opening for the digestive, urinary, and genital organs, comprising only the duckbill and the echidnas of Australia and New Guinea.
- monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
- monstered — Simple past tense and past participle of monster.
- monterrey — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
- montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.