9-letter words containing s, m, a, c
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limescale — A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- localisms — Plural form of localism.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- macaroons — Plural form of macaroon.
- maccabees — (used with a plural verb) the members of the Hasmonean family of Jewish leaders and rulers comprising the sons of Mattathias and their descendants and reigning in Judea from 167? to 37 b.c., especially Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, who defeated the Syrians under Antiochus IV in 165? and rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem.
- macerates — Plural form of macerate.
- machabees — Maccabees (def 2).
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- mackensen — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1945, German field marshal.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macrocosm — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
- macrocyst — a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- macrotous — having large ears
- macrurous — long-tailed, as a lobster (opposed to brachyurous).
- maculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maculate.
- magicians — Plural form of magician.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- majuscule — (of letters) capital.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- 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
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascarons — grotesque face used as decoration