9-letter words containing o, a, t, e
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meatotomy — (surgery) A form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mediation — action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meditator — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megatonic — one million tons.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- 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.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- mentation — mental activity.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacomet — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- methadone — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- 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.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- moctezuma — Montezuma II.
- moderated — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- moderator — a person or thing that moderates.
- modulated — Simple past tense and past participle of modulate.
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.
- moldavite — a green tektite found in Bohemia.
- molybdate — a salt of any molybdic acid.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.