9-letter words containing a, b, e, n
- learnable — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- libellant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- lima bean — a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lyon bean — a vine, Mucuna niveum, of southern Asia and the Philippines, having showy clusters of white flowers and whitish hairy pods, grown widely as a forage crop.
- maccabean — of or relating to the Maccabees or Judas Maccabaeus.
- main beam — a long thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete used in the construction of houses which transmits its load directly to a wall or column, as opposed to another beam
- main verb — a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- managable — Misspelling of manageable.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mangabeys — Plural form of mangabey.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- mason bee — any of numerous solitary bees, as of the family Megachilidae, that construct nests of clay.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- membranal — Of or pertaining to a membrane.
- membraned — Having a (specified type of) membrane.
- membranes — Plural form of membrane.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- money-bag — a bag for money.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- moonbeams — Plural form of moonbeam.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mung bean — small green legume
- nabataean — a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.
- nailbiter — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- nan bread — (in Indian cookery) a slightly leavened bread in a large flat leaf shape
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- naseberry — the fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navy bean — a small, white bean, dried for prolonged storage and prepared for eating by soaking and cooking.
- navy blue — a dark blue.
- near beer — any of several malt beverages that are similar to beer but are usually considered nonalcoholic because they have an alcoholic content of less than ½ percent.
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- nebulated — having dim or indistinct markings, as a bird or other animal.
- neckbands — Plural form of neckband.
- neckbrace — (emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.