9-letter words containing u, s, a, m
- mesangium — (anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.
- meshugaas — foolishness; insanity; senselessness.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
- messuages — Plural form of messuage.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- misadjust — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misgauged — Simple past tense and past participle of misgauge.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mistaught — to teach wrongly or badly.
- misusages — Plural form of misusage.
- misvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of misvalue.
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.
- 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.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- mosasaurs — Plural form of mosasaur.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- moundsman — pitcher2 (def 2).
- mount isa — a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)
- mountains — Plural form of mountain.
- mouse mat — (hardware) (U.S.: "mouse pad") A small sheet with a special surface for a rolling ball mouse to move on. Most mouse mats are sheets of rubber or foam about 20cm by 25cm and about 5mm thick with one side covered with cloth or sometimes hard plastic. Deluxe versions come combined with a wrist rest. It is rare to find a mouse mat which does not carry some form of advertisement for some company or other. They are such a common free gift that few people actually have to buy one. Mats are supposed to provide better traction and a clean, lint-free surface over which to move but it debatable whether they are useful at all, or whether any appropriate surface (preferably hard, even, flat, and clean) is as good. Howevever, some mice which use optical (e.g. Sun) or radio-frequency sensors (e.g. ?) to detect motion (instead of using a rolling ball) will only work on specially designed mouse mats. Critics may consider this to be part of the connector conspiracy, though the designers would claim greater reliability due to the absence of moving parts.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- mouse-ear — short for mouse-ear chickweed
- mousetail — (botany) Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- moussakas — Plural form of moussaka.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mucksweat — profuse sweat or a state of profuse sweating
- mud snake — an iridescent black and red snake, Farancia abacura, of southeastern and south-central U.S., having a sharp, stiff tail tip used in manipulating prey into position for swallowing.
- mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- mudguards — Plural form of mudguard.
- mulattoes — Plural form of mulatto.
- mule-ears — any of several composite plants of the genus Wyethia, of the western U.S., having large leaves and broad flower heads with yellow rays.
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- mullahism — governance or rule by mullahs
- mulligans — Plural form of mulligan.
- multicast — Send (data) across a computer network to several users at the same time.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multitask — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- muralists — Plural form of muralist.
- musaceous — belonging to the Musaceae, the banana family of plants.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.