9-letter words containing a, l, i, n, c
- lucullian — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- luminance — brightness
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- macmillan — Donald Baxter [bak-ster] /ˈbæk stər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1970, U.S. arctic explorer.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- manacling — Present participle of manacle.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manically — In a manic manner.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- 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.
- monacillo — a low shrub, Malvaviscus arboreus, of tropical America, having scarlet flowers and berrylike fruit that is sticky when young.
- monodical — Pertaining to monody.
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- multician — (jargon, person) /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970 for a competent user of Multics. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician".
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- nafcillin — A beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nail-sick — iron-sick.
- navicular — boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- niocalite — (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
- no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- noncoital — not involving sexual intercourse
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- nonracial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- nonsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- noticable — Misspelling of noticeable.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nyctalgia — night pain that occurs in the sleep.
- obconical — conical, with the attachment at the pointed end.
- octennial — occurring every eight years.
- officinal — kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Compare magistral (def 1).
- oleanolic — Of or pertaining to oleanolic acid or its derivatives.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.