9-letter words containing m, r, a
- krav maga — a form of exercise based on unarmed combat movements developed by the Israeli armed forces
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- la mirada — a city in SW California.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- ladderman — a firefighter who is a member of a hook-and-ladder company.
- lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
- lamartine — Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- lambaréné — a town in W Gabon on the Ogooué River: site of the hospital built by Albert Schweitzer, who died and was buried there (1965). Pop: 9000 (2003 est)
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- laminaria — any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- laminarin — (carbohydrate) A glucan produced by some brown algae.
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- 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.
- landmarks — Plural form of landmark.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- lawnmower — a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
- lcm chair — Eames chair (def 1).
- legwarmer — a footless, stockinglike knitted covering for the leg, usually worn over tights, trousers, boots, etc., for warmth, as in a dance class or while exercising, or as a fashion accessory.
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- letterman — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.