9-letter words containing l, a, m, i, n
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- manualize — (transitive) To make manual.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- mean life — the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15
- mean line — an imaginary x-high line.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- meanwhile — meantime.
- medaillon — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- medallion — a large medal.
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- 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.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- mendelian — of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.
- meningeal — (anatomy) Relating to the meninges.
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- mentalize — (usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mesangial — Of or pertaining to the mesangium.
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- metalline — metallic.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.