9-letter words containing m, o, n, l
- jolliment — merriment; jollity
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lamington — (Australia, obsolete) A Homburg hat.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lemon law — a law that requires manufacturers to replace, repair, or refund the cost of automobiles that prove to be defective.
- lemon oil — a fragrant yellow essential oil obtained from the rinds of lemons or manufactured synthetically, used as a flavoring and in perfumery, furniture polishes, etc.
- lemon tea — a hot drink that contains lemon juice or tastes of lemon
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- leo minor — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Leo and Ursa Major
- lermontov — Mikhail Yurievich [myi-khuh-yeel yoo-ryi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil ˈyu ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–41, Russian poet and novelist.
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limestone — a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- limnology — the scientific study of bodies of fresh water, as lakes and ponds, with reference to their physical, geographical, biological, and other features.
- limonoids — Plural form of limonoid.
- limousine — any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- lodgement — the act of lodging.
- lodgments — Plural form of lodgment.
- 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.
- logomania — Great enthusiasm for words.
- lomonosov — Mikhail Vasilevich [myi-khuh-yeel vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1711–65, Russian philosopher, poet, scientist, and grammarian.
- londinium — the Latin name for London when it was a Roman city
- 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 jump — athletics: competition to jump the furthest
- long moss — Spanish moss.
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by stories or essays that are several thousand words long, typically combining factual reporting with a narrative and empathetic style: A long-form article can illuminate and humanize your subject.
- long-jump — Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- long-time — You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- loomingly — So as to loom.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)