9-letter words containing n, o, t, a, l
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- long tail — the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities
- longboats — Plural form of longboat.
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- matfellon — knapweed
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- 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.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- miltonian — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- monastral — denoting certain fast pigments used in paints and inks, derived from phthalocyanine
- monoblast — A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.
- monolatry — the worship of only one god although other gods are recognized as existing.
- monotonal — having equal tone throughout, as sans-serif type.
- montadale — one of a breed of white-faced, hornless sheep developed in the U.S. by crossing Cheviot rams and Columbia ewes, noted for their meat and heavy fleece.
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- mordantly — sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nanotesla — one billionth of a tesla.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- nationals — Plural form of national.
- natrolite — a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- nautiloid — a mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, including nautiluses and many fossil species that were abundant in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- neo-latin — New Latin.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- niocalite — (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nodulated — having nodules or occurring as nodular growths
- non-metal — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- nonbattle — Not of or pertaining to battle.
- noncoital — not involving sexual intercourse
- nonlethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- nonmental — Not mental (concerned with the mind).
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- nonmortal — not fatal
- nonmutual — not mutual