9-letter words containing m, a, l, n, u
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminance — brightness
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
- magnalium — an alloy of magnesium and aluminum, sometimes also containing copper, nickel, tin, and lead.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- mangaluru — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangulate — to bend or twist out of shape; mangle
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- manualize — (transitive) To make manual.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
- mauna loa — an active volcano on the island of Hawaii. 13,680 feet (4170 meters).
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- mezzaluna — a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- molluscan — Relating to mollusks.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- monocular — having only one eye.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- mournival — a card game whose object is to gain a set of four aces, kings, queens, or knaves in one hand
- mulligans — Plural form of mulligan.
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- multiband — Having or employing multiple bands, especially frequency bands.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- multician — (jargon, person) /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970 for a competent user of Multics. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician".
- multilane — (of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mundanely — common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- muscleman — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- mussulman — a Muslim.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- nonmanual — not manual, esp involving mental or mechanical work rather than physical labour