9-letter words containing eg
- megadeath — a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.
- megadoses — Plural form of megadose.
- megaevent — A very large-scale event.
- megafarad — a unit of electric capacitance equal to one million farads
- megafauna — land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megagauss — a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one million gauss
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megajoule — a unit of work or energy, equal to one million joules.
- megalesia — an ancient Roman festival in honor of the Magna Mater.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megaquake — an earthquake of exceptional destructive power, esp one with a magnitude of 8 or greater, which may generate a tsunami
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- megastars — Plural form of megastar.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- megathere — any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
- megatherm — a plant requiring a constant high temperature and abundant moisture for growth.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- megatrend — a major trend or movement.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- megawatts — Plural form of megawatt.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- metheglin — a variety of spiced mead.
- misallege — to allege, or cite in support, wrongly
- miscegeny — (rare) Miscegenation.
- mishegaas — meshugaas.
- mishegoss — (slang) Madness; silliness.