9-letter words containing n, o, m, i, e
- mediation — action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- meiofauna — Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- mellowing — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- menadione — a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- mendocino — Cape, a cape in NW California: the westernmost point in California.
- meniscoid — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- mennonite — a member of an evangelical Protestant sect, originating in Europe in the 16th century, that opposes infant baptism, practices baptism of believers only, restricts marriage to members of the denomination, opposes war and bearing arms, and is noted for simplicity of living and plain dress.
- menoetius — a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
- menominee — a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.
- menomonie — a town in W Wisconsin.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mentation — mental activity.
- mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mentoring — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- merbromin — an iridescent green, water-soluble powder, C 2 0 H 8 Br 2 HgNa 2 O 6 , that forms a red solution when dissolved in water: used as an antiseptic and as a germicide.
- 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
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- metonymic — Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- mezzotint — a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- 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.
- middleton — Thomas, c1570–1627, English dramatist.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- millioned — (obsolete) Multiplied by millions; innumerable.
- millstone — either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- mimencode — (Originally distributed as "mmencode"). A replacement for uuencode for use in electronic mail and news. Part of MIME. uuencode uses characters that don"t translate well across all mail gateways (particularly those which convert between ASCII and EBCDIC). Also, different variants of uuencode encode data in different and incompatible ways, with no standard. Finally, few uuencode variants work well in a pipe. Mimencode implements the encodings which were defined for MIME as uuencode replacements, and should be considerably more robust for e-mail use. Written by Nathaniel S. Borenstein of Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore) in 1991.
- minestone — ore, esp iron ore
- minitower — a vertical case, smaller than a tower, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- minutiose — attentive to very small details
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- misgotten — obtained dishonestly
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- misnomers — Plural form of misnomer.
- misoneism — hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.