9-letter words containing m, a, e, l
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- intermale — occurring between males
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jerusalem — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kennelman — a man who works in a kennels
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- labelmate — a musician or singer who makes records for the same company as another
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- ladderman — a firefighter who is a member of a hook-and-ladder company.
- lake mead — a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- lamartine — Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- lambaréné — a town in W Gabon on the Ogooué River: site of the hospital built by Albert Schweitzer, who died and was buried there (1965). Pop: 9000 (2003 est)
- lambasted — to beat or whip severely.
- lambastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambaste.
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- lame duck — an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamellate — composed of or having lamellae.
- lamellose — lamellate
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lamenting — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminable — capable of being laminated.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- lamp-hole — a hole in the ground for lowering a lamp down into a sewer
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- last mile — the distance walked by a condemned person from his or her cell to the place of execution.
- last name — surname (def 1).
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer