9-letter words containing s, m, a, c
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- masculate — (obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculism — Support for male domination of women, for patriarchy; opposition to equality for women; anti-feminism.
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- 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.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mass card — a card stating that a Mass will be said, especially for a deceased person, and sent by the donor, as to the family of the deceased.
- mass cult — something regarded as significant by a minority, but a very large one
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- massacree — (colloquial) A sequence of events so absurd, complicated and uncommon as to be unbelievable.
- massacrer — One who massacres.
- massacres — Plural form of massacre.
- mast cell — a large granular cell, common in connective tissue, that produces heparin, histamine, and serotonin.
- masticate — Chew (food).
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- 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.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- mcmansion — a large modern house considered to look mass-produced, lacking in distinguishing characteristics, and at variance with established local architecture
- meatspace — The physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment.
- 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.
- medicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of medicate.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- meniscate — resembling a meniscus
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- 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
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- mess call — a bugle call for mess.
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- metaclass — (programming) The class of a class in an object-oriented programming language. A metaclass is a class whose instances are themselves classes. Typically there will only be one metaclass, called "Class" or similar, which is the class of all classes including itself. In some languages there will be no metaclass. The idea of a metaclass is closely associated with introspection - the ability of a program to access the structure and logic of itself or other programs.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- 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.