9-letter words containing l, i, m, t
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- liniments — Plural form of liniment.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- 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
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- 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.
- lose time — delay, fail to act
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mail path — source route
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- malacotic — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- malignity — the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
- malintent — Malicious intent.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- maltitude — (math) Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.
- mamillate — having nipples or nipple-like protuberances
- mammality — the characteristic of being a mammal
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- marialite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- maritally — In a marital manner.
- martially — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- mastalgia — (chiefly uncountable) Breast pain.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.