9-letter words containing am
- metameric — Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology. consisting of metameres. pertaining to metamerism.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microgram — micrograph (def 2).
- midazolam — (medicine) A benzodiazepine drug that has anxiolytic, amnestic, hypnotic and anticonvulsant activity.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- milliamps — Plural form of milliamp.
- milligram — a unit of mass or weight equal to one thousandth of a gram, and equivalent to 0.0154 grain. Abbreviation: mg.
- mind game — an action or statement intended to undermine or mislead someone else, often to gain advantage for oneself
- minidrama — A short drama, such as a brief theatrical or cinematic piece.
- misbecame — Simple past tense and past participle of misbecome.
- misogamic — having a hatred of marriage
- monoamine — any of various biogenic amine neurotransmitters having a single amino group, as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
- monodrama — a dramatic piece for only one performer.
- monogamic — monogamous.
- monograms — Plural form of monogram.
- moonbeams — Plural form of moonbeam.
- morecambe — a port and resort in NW England, in NW Lancashire on Morecambe Bay (an inlet of the Irish Sea). Pop (with Heysham): 49 569 (2001)
- moyobamba — a city in NW Peru.
- mr. tambo — the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the tambourine.
- mridangam — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- muckamuck — (US, dialectal, possibly dated) Food.
- multigram — Of more than one gram.
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- myriorama — a picture comprising a number of different parts which can be rearranged to form different scenes
- myxamoeba — an amoeba-like cell produced by a spore
- n'djamena — Chadic.
- namas kar — a salutation used in India
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- name tape — a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
- name-drop — mention famous person to impress
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- namecheck — A public mention or listing of the name of a person or thing such as a product, especially in acknowledgment or for publicity purposes.
- nameplate — a flat, usually rectangular piece of metal, wood, or plastic on which the name of a person, company, etc., is printed or engraved: She has a large office with her nameplate on the door.
- namesakes — Plural form of namesake.
- namespace — (computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
- nanny cam — a camera that transmits images to a computer, used to monitor children in another location
- nanograms — Plural form of nanogram.
- nastygram — (networking) /nas'tee-gram/ 1. A network packet or e-mail message (the latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things. 2. Disapproving e-mail, especially from a net.god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare shitogram, mailbomb. 3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What did Corporate say in today's nastygram?" 4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce message.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neon lamp — a gas-discharge bulb containing two electrodes in neon gas and emitting a glow when a voltage is applied across the electrodes.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- ner tamid — a lamp that is set above and in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue and is kept burning constantly.
- nialamide — an early MAOI antidepressant drug with chemical formula C16H18N4O2
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- nidamenta — egg capsules
- nitramine — any of a class of compounds containing the nitramino group.