9-letter words containing m, l, a
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- columbian — of or relating to the United States
- columella — the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mosses
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- comically — producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
- commensal — (of two different species of plant or animal) living in close association, such that one species benefits without harming the other
- committal — Committal is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital.
- commutual — mutual
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compilate — (rare) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- compleats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compleat.
- compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comptable — countable
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- conformal — (of a transformation) preserving the angles of the depicted surface
- coolamons — Plural form of coolamon.
- corn meal — meal made from maize
- coseismal — of or designating points at which earthquake waves are felt at the same time
- cram-full — stuffed full
- crammable — able to be crammed or stuffed full
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- culminant — highest or culminating
- culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
- cum laude — If a college student graduates cum laude, they receive the third highest honor that is possible. The second-highest grade is known as magna cum laude, and the highest grade of all is known as summa cum laude.
- cumulated — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cumulate.
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- dalmatian — A Dalmatian is a large dog with short, smooth, white hair and black or dark brown spots.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damn well — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- date palm — A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.