9-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i
- lay it on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- libations — Plural form of libation.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- lineation — an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- lineolate — marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- linoleate — Any salt or ester of linoleic acid.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- long tail — the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- mactation — the act of sacrificial killing
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- maintenon — Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- mammonite — the greedy pursuit of riches.
- mancation — a holiday for a group of men, esp. one that involves typically masculine pursuits
- manicotti — a dish consisting of large, tubular noodles stuffed with a mild cheese and baked in a tomato sauce.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manitoban — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- manitowoc — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- martinson — Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- mediation — action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- 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.
- mentation — mental activity.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- migration — the process or act of migrating.
- miltonian — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- miniation — the act of miniating
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monatomic — having one atom in the molecule.
- montaging — Present participle of montage.