9-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- 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
- 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.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- 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.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- militance — (uncountable) The condition of being militant.
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- 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
- mimetical — Alternative form of mimetic.
- miscalled — Simple past tense and past participle of miscall.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mr. clean — an actual or idealized person with an impeccable record, reputation, or image, especially a politician (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- muscatels — Plural form of muscatel.
- muscleman — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- musicales — Plural form of musicale.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nanoscale — of or relating to microscopic particles of matter, devices, etc., that are measured in nanometers or microns: a nanoscale sensor made of a single molecule.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- nectareal — of, relating to, or resembling nectar
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- niocalite — (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
- noncereal — not related to or derived from cereal products or industries
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- noticable — Misspelling of noticeable.
- nucleases — Plural form of nuclease.
- nucleated — having a nucleus.
- nucleates — Plural form of nucleate.
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- nucleolar — of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- obclavate — inversely clavate.
- objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- ocellated — (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.