9-letter words containing o, n, e, m
- memoranda — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- 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.
- menoeceus — a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
- 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.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- menorrhea — menstrual flow.
- 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.
- merestone — A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
- 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.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mesocolon — the mesentery of the colon.
- 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.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- 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].
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.