9-letter words containing a, l, m, o
- marmoreal — of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maryology — Mariology.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matfellon — knapweed
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mauna loa — an active volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,680 feet (4170 meters).
- mausoleal — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausoleum — a stately and magnificent tomb.
- may blobs — marsh marigold.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- meat loaf — a dish of ground meat, often mixed with other ingredients, as bread crumbs and seasonings, molded in the shape of a loaf and baked.
- medaillon — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallion — a large medal.
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- 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.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- 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.
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- memorable — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorably — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- meromelia — A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.
- 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.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.