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9-letter words containing o, c, t, m

  • matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
  • matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
  • matchwood — wood suitable for match.
  • matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
  • mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
  • megatonic — one million tons.
  • melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
  • melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
  • mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
  • meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
  • mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
  • metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • metacomet — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
  • metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
  • metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • micro$oft — (abuse, company)   Microsoft written with a dollar sign, as though there was any doubt that they are a money-making enterprise. This little witticism was probably created before Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates established the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • microbots — Plural form of microbot.
  • microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
  • microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
  • microdata — (statistics) data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
  • microdont — abnormally small teeth.
  • microdots — Plural form of microdot.
  • microlite — any microscopic crystal.
  • microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
  • micromort — a unit of risk equal to a one-in-a-million chance of dying
  • micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
  • microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
  • microsoft — Microsoft Corporation
  • microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
  • 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.
  • microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
  • microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
  • microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
  • microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
  • microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
  • microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
  • microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
  • millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
  • mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
  • miscounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscount.
  • mislocate — to misplace.
  • mist-coat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
  • mitogenic — any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
  • mitomycin — any of the antibiotics that come from Streptomyces caespitosus
  • mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
  • mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
  • moctezuma — Montezuma II.
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