9-letter words containing l, e, o, m
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marmoreal — of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- matfellon — knapweed
- mausoleal — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausoleum — a stately and magnificent tomb.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- mcconnell — Jack (Wilson), Baron. born 1960, Scottish Labour politician; first minister of the Scottish Parliament (2001–07)
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- meat loaf — a dish of ground meat, often mixed with other ingredients, as bread crumbs and seasonings, molded in the shape of a loaf and baked.
- meclozine — Meclizine.
- medaillon — a portion of food, especially meat or poultry, cut or served in a round or oval shape.
- medallion — a large medal.
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megajoule — a unit of work or energy, equal to one million joules.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- 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.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed
- mellowing — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
- melodeons — Plural form of melodeon.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- melodists — Plural form of melodist.
- melodized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodize.
- melodizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of melodize.
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music