9-letter words containing m, i, l, e, r
- imagerial — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- imperiled — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- 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.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- intermale — occurring between males
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- kilometer — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometre — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kimberley — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- 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.
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- 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.
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- lemnitzer — Lyman Louis [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1988, U.S. army officer; chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960–63; supreme allied commander NATO 1963–69.
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- leo minor — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Leo and Ursa Major
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lime tree — a linden or basswood.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limerence — The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship.
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- livermore — a city in W California.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- liverymen — Plural form of liveryman.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- m-1 rifle — a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.