9-letter words starting with m
- magisters — Plural form of magister.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- magmalisp — (language) The predecessor of Magma2.
- magmatism — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
- magnalium — an alloy of magnesium and aluminum, sometimes also containing copper, nickel, tin, and lead.
- magnesian — (chiefly of rocks and minerals) containing or relatively rich in magnesium.
- magnesite — a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- magnesium — a light, ductile, silver-white, metallic element that burns with a dazzling white light, used in lightweight alloys, flares, fireworks, in the manufacture of flashbulbs, optical mirrors, and precision instruments, and as a zinc substitute in batteries. Symbol: Mg; atomic weight: 24.312; atomic number: 12; specific gravity: 1.74 at 20°C.
- magnetars — Plural form of magnetar.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- magnetise — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnetism — the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- magnetite — a very common black iron oxide mineral, Fe 3 O 4 , that is strongly attracted by magnets: an important iron ore.
- magnetize — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- magnetron — a two-element vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is under the influence of an external magnetic field, used to generate extremely short radio waves.
- magnifico — a Venetian nobleman.
- magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- magnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magnify.
- magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- magsaysay — Ramón [rah-mohn;; Spanish rah-mawn] /rɑˈmoʊn;; Spanish rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1907–57, Philippine statesman: president 1953–57.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mah-jongg — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- maha yoga — a form of yoga incorporating elements of the other major forms
- maha yuga — a period of 12,000 years, comprising four Yugas.
- mahajanga — a port in NW Madagascar, on Bombetoka Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- maharajah — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharajas — Plural form of maharaja.
- maharanee — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maharishi — a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
- mahi-mahi — the dolphinfish, especially when used as a food fish.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mahmud ii — 1785–1839, sultan of Turkey 1809–39.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- maiasaura — a species of large, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- maiduguri — a city in NE Nigeria.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- mail bomb — letter bomb.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- mail flag — a flag of the International Code of Signals symbolizing the letter Y, flown alone by a ship to indicate that it is carrying mail: a square flag with red and yellow diagonal stripes.
- mail path — source route
- mail room — sorting office for post
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.