9-letter words containing m, a, l, e, i
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- 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.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- 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.
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- laymanize — to simplify (technical information) into a form that can be understood by ordinary people
- lead time — the period of time between the initial phase of a process and the emergence of results, as between the planning and completed manufacture of a product.
- legalisms — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leiomyoma — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lemmatize — to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemia — (UK) alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lima bean — a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limescale — A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- limitable — Able to be limited.
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- 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.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminance — brightness
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madeleine — a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- main line — a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
- mainlined — Simple past tense and past participle of mainline.