9-letter words containing s, o, e, m
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .
- merestone — A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
- meritious — Having merit.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- merperson — A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.
- 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.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mesmorise — Misspelling of mesmerise.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- mesocecum — the mesentery of the cecum.
- mesocolon — the mesentery of the colon.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mesoderms — Plural form of mesoderm.
- mesogleal — relating to the mesoglea
- mesogloea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- 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.
- mesosomes — Plural form of mesosome.
- mestizoes — Plural form of mestizo.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- meteorism — A rapid accumulation of gas in the intestine. Meteorism is typically a sign of bowel necrosis from bacterial infection, a life-threatening surgical emergency, and is usually caused by the consumption of large quantities of undercooked pork.
- meteorist — a person who studies meteors
- meteorous — resembling, or having the nature of, a meteor
- methodism — the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
- methodist — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- mezereons — Plural form of mezereon.
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- microdose — (medicine) A very low dose (especially of radiation therapy).
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- micronise — (British) To reduce in size often to micrometer scale.
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- millstone — either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.