9-letter words containing i, s, o, l, n
- 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.
- locutions — Plural form of locution.
- loftiness — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- logicians — Plural form of logician.
- loneliest — Superlative form of lonely.
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- long-list — A long-list for something such as a job or a prize is a large group that has been chosen from all the people who applied for the job, or all the people or things that are competing for the prize. The successful ones from this group are chosen to go on the shortlist.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longlines — Plural form of longline.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- looniness — The state or condition of being loony; craziness, lunacy.
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- loosening — Present participle of loosen.
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- losingest — losing more than average; less successful than average.
- louisiana — a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
- lousiness — infested with lice.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- lowliness — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- millponds — Plural form of millpond.
- millstone — either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- 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.
- moldiness — The state or degree of being moldy.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- molesting — Present participle of molest.
- molossian — a breed of dog native to Epirus in NW Greece, used in classical antiquity as a hunting dog and guard dog
- mona lisa — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- mongolism — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monomials — Plural form of monomial.
- monorails — Plural form of monorail.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
- mussolini — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Italian be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Italian bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Duce") 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.