9-letter words starting with mi
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.
- midwifing — (rare) present participle of midwife More commonly midwiving.
- midwinter — the middle of winter.
- mielziner — Jo [joh] /dʒoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, U.S. stage designer, born in France.
- mightiest — Superlative form of mighty.
- mightless — (obsolete) Lacking in might; weak.
- migmatite — a composite rock body containing two types of rock (esp igneous and metamorphic rock) that have interacted with each other but are nevertheless still distinguishable
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- migrating — Present participle of migrate.
- migration — the process or act of migrating.
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
- migratory — migrating.
- mike-mike — a millimeter.
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- milch cow — milk cow.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- miliarial — resembling or characteristic of miliaria or heat rash
- mililiter — Misspelling of milliliter.
- milimeter — Misspelling of millimeter.
- militance — (uncountable) The condition of being militant.
- militancy — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- militaria — items of military interest, such as weapons, uniforms, medals, etc, esp from the past
- militated — Simple past tense and past participle of militate.
- militates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate.
- milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows' milk and whose mothers' milk is unavailable.
- milk diet — a diet consisting largely of or solely of milk
- milk duct — a duct leading from the mammary gland to the tip of a nipple which carries milk to the nipple in breastfeeding women
- milkiness — The property of being milky.
- milkmaids — Plural form of milkmaid.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milkweeds — Plural form of milkweed.
- milkwhite — Alternative form of milk-white.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- milky way — the spiral galaxy containing our solar system. With the naked eye it is observed as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
- mill girl — a girl or woman who works in a mill
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- mill-rind — rind2 .
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- millecent — a female given name.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- millenium — Misspelling of millennium.
- millennia — a period of 1000 years.
- millepede — any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- millerand — Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, president of France 1920–24.