9-letter words containing r, u, s, m
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- maquisard — maquis (def 2).
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marauders — Plural form of marauder.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marinus i — died a.d. 884, pope 882–884.
- marquesan — a Polynesian native of the Marquesas Islands.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.
- measurers — Plural form of measurer.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- menstruum — a solvent.
- mensurate — (obsolete) To measure absolutely the height, lattitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- menuisier — a French joiner
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .
- merengues — Plural form of merengue.
- meringues — Plural form of meringue.
- meritious — Having merit.
- merseburg — a city in E Germany, on the Saale River, in Saxony-Anhalt: residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg (1656–1738); chemical industry. Pop: 35 358 (2003 est)
- messieurs — plural of monsieur.
- meteorous — resembling, or having the nature of, a meteor
- metestrus — the luteal phase of the reproductive cycle in mammalian females, occurring after ovulation and characterized by development of the corpus luteum, increased progesterone secretion, and decreased estrogen secretion.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- midsummer — the middle of summer.
- mimivirus — a very large virus containing DNA
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- miscolour — (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- misguider — One who misguides.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- misquoter — a person who quotes others inaccurately or incorrectly
- misrouted — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- misruling — Present participle of misrule.