9-letter words containing m, l, a
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- thralldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- tillerman — a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- time lamp — an oil lamp of the 17th and 18th centuries, burning at a fixed rate and having a reservoir graduated in units of time.
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- timetable — a schedule showing the times at which railroad trains, airplanes, etc., arrive and depart.
- tomatillo — a plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico, having yellow flowers with five blackish spots in the throat and bluish, sticky berries in a purple-veined calyx.
- toolmaker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- trail man — a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd.
- trail mix — gorp.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tram flap — transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap: a piece of tissue, consisting of skin, muscle, and fat, taken from the abdomen of a woman and used in the reconstruction of her breast after mastectomy
- tramlined — having tramlines
- tramlines — streetcar track
- trammeled — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- treadmill — an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
- tremblant — (of jewels) set in such a way that they shake when the wearer moves
- tremolant — having a tremulous or vibrating tone, as certain pipes of an organ.
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- tremulate — to make a tremulous sound
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- trim rail — the lower row of pins or cleats on a pin rail, used for tying off or fastening lines after lowering scenery into position.
- trinomial — Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- trionymal — having a name that consists of three separate parts
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- tularemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- tullahoma — a city in S Tennessee: summer resort.
- tullamore — the county town of Offaly, Republic of Ireland; food processing and brewing. Pop: 11 098 (2002)
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- ultimatum — a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
- ultra dma — ATA-4
- umbellate — having or forming an umbel or umbels.
- umbilical — of, relating to, or characteristic of an umbilicus or umbilical cord.
- umbracula — umbrella-like structures
- umbratile — shadowy; shady
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- unamiable — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unamiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unclaimed — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- unclamped — to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
- uncle sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars.
- undecimal — related to the number 11
- unharmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- unhumanly — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- unmakable — not capable of being made