9-letter words containing l, o, c, m
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- localisms — Plural form of localism.
- 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
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- locomoted — Simple past tense and past participle of locomote.
- locomotor — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- long clam — soft-shell clam.
- lord muck — an ordinary man behaving or being treated as if he were aristocratic
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- macdonald — James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- macroalga — Large algae, often living attached in dense beds, such as kelp.
- macroglia — Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- mailcoach — a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail
- malacotic — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- malcolm x — (Malcolm Little) 1925–65, U.S. black-rights activist and religious leader.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- 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)
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- meclozine — Meclizine.
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- meroclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mesocolon — the mesentery of the colon.
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microfilm — a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.