9-letter words containing m, o, r, e, l
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- kilometer — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometre — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- 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.
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- livermore — a city in W California.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- 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.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- lowermost — lowest1 .
- loxodrome — rhumb line.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- malleolar — pertaining to a malleolus.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- marmoreal — of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mealworms — Plural form of mealworm.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed