9-letter words containing m, i, l, n
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- regiminal — relating to a regimen
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- seemingly — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- signalman — a person whose occupation or duty is signaling, as on a railroad or in the army.
- silymarin — an antioxidant flavonoid found in milk thistle
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- singledom — the state of being unmarried or not involved in a long-term relationship
- slim down — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- smilingly — If someone does something smilingly, they smile as they do it.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- snail cam — a cam with spiral cross section used for progressive lifting of a lever as the cam revolves
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- soliman i — Suleiman I.
- solomonic — of or relating to King Solomon.
- solyman i — Suleiman I.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- tantalism — a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus
- teemingly — in a productive or teeming manner
- thin film — a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.