9-letter words containing a, l, i, o
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- mail bomb — letter bomb.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- mail room — sorting office for post
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- mailcoach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- mailrooms — Plural form of mailroom.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- mailwoman — (rare) A female postal worker.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- main loop — (programming) The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the program's input events. See also driver.
- malacotic — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- mandilion — a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- mandylion — a loose garment formerly worn over armour
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- medaillon — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallion — a large medal.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.