9-letter words containing m, l, a
- 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.
- limit man — (in a handicap sport or game) the competitor with the maximum handicap
- 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.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- link farm — (file system, Unix) A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- liposomal — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- localisms — Plural form of localism.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- lognormal — noting or pertaining to a logarithmic function with a normal distribution, or the distribution of a random variable for which the logarithm of the variable has a normal distribution.
- logograms — Plural form of logogram.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- logomania — Great enthusiasm for words.
- 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.
- long clam — soft-shell clam.
- long game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit shots, especially drives, for distance. Compare short game (def 1).
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- love game — a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- 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.
- lumpy jaw — actinomycosis.
- 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.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- lysosomal — Of, pertaining to, or originating in lysosomes.
- macabrely — In a macabre manner.
- macapagal — Diosdado [dee-aws-dah-daw] /ˌdi ɔsˈdɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, Philippine statesman: president 1961–65.