9-letter words containing s, h, a, i
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mashgiach — mashgiah.
- masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- matchlist — a list of names, telephone numbers, and related information compiled to help people find others who are willing to share a resource or service, as a car pool.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechanise — to make mechanical.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanist — a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- memsahibs — Plural form of memsahib.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- misbehave — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- mischarge — (legal or, finance) To charge wrongly.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- mishawaka — a city in N Indiana, near South Bend.
- mishegaas — meshugaas.
- mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- misshapes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misshape.
- mistaught — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mithraism — an ancient Persian religion in which Mithras was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries 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.
- monachism — monasticism.
- mullahism — governance or rule by mullahs
- mushairas — Plural form of mushaira.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- nasiriyah — a city in S Iraq, on the River Euphrates; agricultural and trading centre. Pop: 425 000 (2005 est)
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines