9-letter words containing a, l, c, m
- haemocoel — (biology) A cavity, between the organs of arthropods and mollusks, through which the blood etc. circulates.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- hard clam — a quahog.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- immanacle — to tie with fetters
- immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- inclimate — Misspelling of inclement.
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- janiculum — a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- king clam — geoduck.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lady muck — an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lame duck — an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- lampblack — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limescale — A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- localisms — Plural form of localism.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- long clam — soft-shell clam.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- luminance — brightness