9-letter words containing r, i, m, l
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- 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.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- meritable — Deserving of reward.
- meritless — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meromelia — A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microfilm — a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- 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.
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- micromole — (chemistry, physics) One millionth of a mole.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- midlander — a native or inhabitant of the Midlands of England
- mielziner — Jo [joh] /dʒoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, U.S. stage designer, born in France.
- miliarial — resembling or characteristic of miliaria or heat rash
- mililiter — Misspelling of milliliter.
- milimeter — Misspelling of millimeter.
- militaria — items of military interest, such as weapons, uniforms, medals, etc, esp from the past
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- mill girl — a girl or woman who works in a mill
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- mill-rind — rind2 .
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- millerand — Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, president of France 1920–24.
- millerite — a follower of William Miller, a U.S. preacher who taught that the Second Advent of Christ and the beginning of the millennium were to occur in 1843.