9-letter words containing a, l, c, m
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mcauliffe — Anthony Clement, 1898–1975, U.S. Army general.
- mcclellan — George Brinton [brin-tn] /ˈbrɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- medicable — responsive to medical treatment; curable.
- medically — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- megacycle — Electricity. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second; megahertz. The term megahertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: Mc, mc.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- melaleuca — any of various chiefly Australian shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, of the myrtle family, including the cajeput and several species of bottlebrush.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- mescalism — addiction to mescal, an alcoholic spirit
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- mess call — a bugle call for mess.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metaclass — (programming) The class of a class in an object-oriented programming language. A metaclass is a class whose instances are themselves classes. Typically there will only be one metaclass, called "Class" or similar, which is the class of all classes including itself. In some languages there will be no metaclass. The idea of a metaclass is closely associated with introspection - the ability of a program to access the structure and logic of itself or other programs.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- militance — (uncountable) The condition of being militant.
- militancy — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- millscale — a scale or coating of iron oxide that forms on heated iron or steel on contact with air
- mimetical — Alternative form of mimetic.
- mimically — In a mimicking or imitative manner.
- mirifical — (rare) miraculous, wonderful.
- miscalled — Simple past tense and past participle of miscall.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.