9-letter words containing l
- aluminium — Aluminium is a lightweight metal used, for example, for making cooking equipment and aircraft parts.
- aluminize — to cover with aluminium or aluminium paint
- aluminous — resembling aluminium
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- alveolate — having many alveoli
- always-on — remaining available at all times
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)
- amalthaea — the goat that nurses Zeus (Jupiter): one of its horns is called the cornucopia
- amaryllid — a plant of the amaryllis family
- amaryllis — an amaryllidaceous plant, Amaryllis belladonna, native to southern Africa and having large lily-like reddish or white flowers
- amassable — of a nature that can be amassed
- amatorial — of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love: amatory poems; an amatory look.
- amazingly — causing great surprise or sudden wonder.
- ambarella — Otaheite apple.
- amberlite — various insoluble cross-linked polymers used in water-treatment processes and in pharmacy
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambipolar — (of plasmas and semiconductors) involving both positive and negative charge carriers
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- amblyopia — impaired vision with no discernible damage to the eye or optic nerve
- amblyopic — Of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia.
- ambrosial — of or fit for the gods; divine
- ambulacra — Plural form of ambulacrum.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- amiloride — a potassium-sparing diuretic, C 6 H 8 ClN 7 O, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- aminediyl — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- aminylene — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- amissible — likely to be lost
- ammonical — (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
- amoralism — the doctrine or attitude that ignores or rejects moral vaues, or deems them to be irrelevant
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- amorously — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- amphibole — any of a large group of minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, and aluminium, usually in the form of long slender dark-coloured crystals. Members of the group, including hornblende, actinolite, and tremolite, are common constituents of igneous rocks
- amphiboly — ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.
- ampholyte — an amphoteric electrolyte
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- amplicons — Plural form of amplicon.
- amplidyne — an electrodynamic amplifier which uses a small electrical signal to control the position of a large motor
- amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
- amplifier — An amplifier is an electronic device in a radio or stereo system which causes sounds or signals to get louder.
- amplifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify.
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- amplosome — the short or stocky type of human body shape
- ampullary — Of or pertaining to an ampulla.