9-letter words containing m, o, t, l
- male alto — countertenor.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- 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.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matfellon — knapweed
- matholwch — a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- meat loaf — a dish of ground meat, often mixed with other ingredients, as bread crumbs and seasonings, molded in the shape of a loaf and baked.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed
- melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
- melodists — Plural form of melodist.
- melt down — substance
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- meteorol. — meteorological
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
- metropole — A metropolis; the main city of a country or area. (from 15th c.).
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- middleton — Thomas, c1570–1627, English dramatist.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.