9-letter words containing l, e, o, m
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- livermore — a city in W California.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- locomoted — Simple past tense and past participle of locomote.
- lodgement — the act of lodging.
- lodgments — Plural form of lodgment.
- long game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit shots, especially drives, for distance. Compare short game (def 1).
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- long-time — You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- lose time — delay, fail to act
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- love game — a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lowermost — lowest1 .
- loxodrome — rhumb line.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- luvviedom — the world of actors and the theatre
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lysosomes — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- lysozymes — Plural form of lysozyme.
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madonsela — Thuli (ˈtʊlɪ). born 1962, South African advocate; in her term as Public Protector (2009–16) she was noted for exposing political corruption
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- magalogue — a combination of a magazine and a catalogue
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- make bold — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- male alto — countertenor.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- malleolar — pertaining to a malleolus.
- malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.