9-letter words containing a, l, g, e
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- magalogue — a combination of a magazine and a catalogue
- magdalena — a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1060 miles (1705 km) long.
- magdalene — the, Mary Magdalene.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- malengine — a wicked plan or deceit
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- 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.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- mangulate — to bend or twist out of shape; mangle
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- 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.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megajoule — a unit of work or energy, equal to one million joules.
- megalesia — an ancient Roman festival in honor of the Magna Mater.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- meningeal — (anatomy) Relating to the meninges.
- mesangial — Of or pertaining to the mesangium.
- mesogleal — relating to the mesoglea
- mesogloea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- misallege — to allege, or cite in support, wrongly
- mitigable — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moonglade — (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
- moygashel — an Irish linen