9-letter words containing t, o, m, e, n
- monterrey — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- montezuma — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- monticule — a subordinate volcanic cone.
- montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.
- montville — a town in SE Connecticut.
- monuments — Plural form of monument.
- monzonite — any of a group of granular igneous rocks having approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspar, intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite.
- moon gate — (in Chinese architecture) a circular gateway in a wall.
- moonstone — Also called precious moonstone. a semitransparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly-blue variety of adularia, used as a gem.
- mordanted — Simple past tense and past participle of mordant.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morganite — rose-colored beryl.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- motheaten — Alt form moth-eaten.
- mothering — a female parent.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mottelson — Ben R(oy) born 1926, Danish physicist, born in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1975.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- moutonnee — noting or pertaining to a rock formation having a rounded outline like the back of a sheep, resulting from glacial action. Compare roche moutonnée.
- move into — take up residence in
- movements — Plural form of movement.
- movietone — the earliest technique of including a soundtrack on film
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- multitone — having or characterized by more than one musical tone
- multizone — Of or pertaining to more than one zone.
- musketoon — (now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. (from 17th c.).
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- n'importe — no matter
- nanometer — one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- nanometre — An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm.
- nathemore — nevermore
- necrotomy — Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- nilometer — a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
- no matter — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- nominated — Of or pertaining to someone or something that has received a nomination.
- nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
- nomothete — a legislator or lawgiver
- non-metal — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- nonexempt — Not exempt.
- nonmarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- nonmature — not mature; immature
- nonmental — Not mental (concerned with the mind).
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.