9-letter words containing min
- hamminess — The state of being hammy.
- helminths — Plural form of helminth.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hive mind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hominines — Plural form of hominine.
- hominoids — Plural form of hominoid.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- ice-minus — noting or pertaining to genetically altered bacteria used on crops to inhibit frost formation.
- illumined — Simple past tense and past participle of illumine.
- illuminer — an illuminator
- illumines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illumine.
- iminourea — guanidine.
- imminence — Also, imminency. the state or condition of being imminent or impending: the imminence of war.
- imminency — Also, imminency. the state or condition of being imminent or impending: the imminence of war.
- immingham — a port in NE England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: docks opened in 1912, principally for the exporting of coal; now handles chiefly bulk materials, esp imported iron ore. Pop: 11 090 (2001)
- immingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immingle.
- in nomine — any of various English polyphonic instrumental compositions of the 16th and 17th centuries using an antiphon for Trinity Sunday as a cantus firmus.
- in-coming — coming in; arriving: the incoming tide.
- incomings — Plural form of incoming.
- indamines — Plural form of indamine.
- infirming — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- inflaming — Present participle of inflame.
- informing — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- intermine — (obsolete) To intersect or penetrate with mines.
- jemminess — neatness or smartness
- jessamine — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- komintern — Third International.
- laminable — capable of being laminated.
- laminaria — any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- laminarin — (carbohydrate) A glucan produced by some brown algae.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lamington — (Australia, obsolete) A Homburg hat.
- laminitis — inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- leo minor — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Leo and Ursa Major
- loomingly — So as to loom.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminance — brightness
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)
- menominee — a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.
- merbromin — an iridescent green, water-soluble powder, C 2 0 H 8 Br 2 HgNa 2 O 6 , that forms a red solution when dissolved in water: used as an antiseptic and as a germicide.
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.