9-letter words containing m, a, l, b
- emendable — Capable of being emended, corrigible.
- estimable — Worthy of great respect.
- estimably — In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- flabellum — a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
- flambeaux — a flaming torch.
- flammable — easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- frameable — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- full beam — the brightest light transmitted from car headlights
- gamboling — (US) present participle of gambol.
- gambolled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- game-ball — (of a person) in perfect health
- glabellum — glabella.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- holy lamb — paschal lamb (def 4).
- imageable — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- immovable — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immovably — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immutable — not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jambalaya — a dish of Creole origin, consisting of rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, herbs, spices, and vegetables, especially tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- labelmate — a musician or singer who makes records for the same company as another
- labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- 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.