9-letter words containing s, a, m, i
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- mescalism — addiction to mescal, an alcoholic spirit
- messaging — a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metallist — a person who works with metals.
- miasmatic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- midas-www — (web) A Motif-based browser for WWW based on the Midas toolkit.
- midbrains — Plural form of midbrain.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- militates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate.
- milkmaids — Plural form of milkmaid.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milliamps — Plural form of milliamp.
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- millscale — a scale or coating of iron oxide that forms on heated iron or steel on contact with air
- miltiades — c540–488? b.c, Athenian general.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mindstate — A state of mind.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- ministate — a small, independent nation.
- 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.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- mirabilis — (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- misadjust — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misadvice — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misadvise — to give bad or inappropriate advice to.
- misallege — to allege, or cite in support, wrongly
- misandric — One who professes misandry; a hater of men.