9-letter words containing l, a, m, b, s
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lambasted — to beat or whip severely.
- lambastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambaste.
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lambswool — Fine wool from a young sheep, used to make knitted garments, blankets, etc., with a soft texture.
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mast ball — an ornamental ball forming the truck of a mast.
- may blobs — marsh marigold.
- meatballs — Plural form of meatball.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- mirabilis — (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- misbefall — (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- mislabels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislabel.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- monoblast — A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- semblable — a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- slam-bang — with noisy violence: He drove slam-bang through the garage door.
- slimeball — thin, glutinous mud.
- smellable — to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).