9-letter words containing a, n, o, l
- loyalness — faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lyon bean — a vine, Mucuna niveum, of southern Asia and the Philippines, having showy clusters of white flowers and whitish hairy pods, grown widely as a forage crop.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- macdonald — James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.
- madonsela — Thuli (ˈtʊlɪ). born 1962, South African advocate; in her term as Public Protector (2009–16) she was noted for exposing political corruption
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- 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.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malnormal — (mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting malnormality.
- 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
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- matfellon — knapweed
- mauna loa — an active volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,680 feet (4170 meters).
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- 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.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- 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.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- miltonian — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- missional — a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- moaningly — With a moaning sound.
- modafinil — A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C15H15NO2S.
- moldavian — of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.