9-letter words containing m, i, d, l
- ill-timed — badly timed; inopportune.
- illimited — Not limited; interminable.
- illumined — Simple past tense and past participle of illumine.
- imidazole — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, heterocyclic compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- immolated — Simple past tense and past participle of immolate.
- impaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- impedible — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- imperiled — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- impleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of implead.
- impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
- impliedly — involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment.
- imploding — Present participle of implode.
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- iron mold — a stain on cloth or the like made by rusty iron or by ink pigmented with an iron derivative.
- 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.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- la mirada — a city in SW California.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- 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.
- 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.
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limitedly — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- limonoids — Plural form of limonoid.
- limpidity — clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- londinium — the Latin name for London when it was a Roman city
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- luvviedom — the world of actors and the theatre
- 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.
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- mainlined — Simple past tense and past participle of mainline.