9-letter words containing o, h, m, s
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- 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).
- methodism — the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
- methodist — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- mischoice — a bad or wrong choice
- mischoose — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- mischosen — to make a wrong or improper choice.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- mishegoss — (slang) Madness; silliness.
- mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mochiness — a fusty, dank, or humid condition
- moesogoth — one of the Christianized Goths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century a.d.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- monachism — monasticism.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
- monohulls — Plural form of monohull.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- monteiths — Plural form of monteith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moon shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moon-shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moonshine — Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- moonshiny — (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight.
- moonshots — Plural form of moonshot.
- moosehide — The hide of a moose.
- morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphisms — Plural form of morphism.
- morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
- morphosis — the sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mossadegh — Mohammed, 1880–1967, Iranian statesman: premier 1951–53.