9-letter words containing na
- manyogana — An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese phonetic alphabets; used in the Manyosh\u016b, a poetic anthology.
- maranatha — a curse or exclamation
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- marginate — having a margin.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- marijuana — hemp (def 1).
- marinaded — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marinades — Plural form of marinade.
- marinated — Simple past tense and past participle of marinate.
- marinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marinate.
- matronage — the state of being a matron.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- mauna kea — a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,784 feet (4201 meters).
- mauna loa — an active volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,680 feet (4170 meters).
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- megafauna — land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
- meiofauna — Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.
- membranal — Of or pertaining to a membrane.
- menadione — a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- mezzaluna — a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- missional — a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- mitnagged — a member of an Orthodox Jewish movement in central or eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that advocated an intellectual, legalistic approach to Judaism and opposed the emotional, mystical approach of the Hasidim. Compare Hasid (def 1).
- mona lisa — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monachism — monasticism.
- monacidic — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- monacillo — a low shrub, Malvaviscus arboreus, of tropical America, having scarlet flowers and berrylike fruit that is sticky when young.
- monadnock — Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monastral — denoting certain fast pigments used in paints and inks, derived from phthalocyanine
- monatomic — having one atom in the molecule.
- monotonal — having equal tone throughout, as sans-serif type.
- monsoonal — the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- 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.
- mycenaean — of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.
- myelinate — Of, related to, or composed of myelin.
- n'djamena — Chadic.
- nabataean — a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.