9-letter words containing a, m, l
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bulk-mail — to mail as bulk mail.
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bump ball — a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cacomixle — Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calembour — a pun
- calimanco — calamanco.
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calmingly — in a calming manner
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camelback — a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler