9-letter words containing a, s, m, l
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- mescalism — addiction to mescal, an alcoholic spirit
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mesogleal — relating to the mesoglea
- mesogloea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- mess call — a bugle call for mess.
- mess hall — a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- metaclass — (programming) The class of a class in an object-oriented programming language. A metaclass is a class whose instances are themselves classes. Typically there will only be one metaclass, called "Class" or similar, which is the class of all classes including itself. In some languages there will be no metaclass. The idea of a metaclass is closely associated with introspection - the ability of a program to access the structure and logic of itself or other programs.
- metallist — a person who works with metals.
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- militates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate.
- milkmaids — Plural form of milkmaid.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milliamps — Plural form of milliamp.
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- millscale — a scale or coating of iron oxide that forms on heated iron or steel on contact with air
- miltiades — c540–488? b.c, Athenian general.
- mirabilis — (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- misallege — to allege, or cite in support, wrongly
- misbefall — (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
- miscalled — Simple past tense and past participle of miscall.
- misdialed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdial.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mislabels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislabel.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- misleaded — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of mislead.
- misleader — One who leads into error.
- misleared — ill-mannered; rude; crude.
- mislearns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislearn.
- misloaded — Simple past tense and past participle of misload.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.