9-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebites — Plural form of lovebite.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- lowliness — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- loyalists — Plural form of loyalist.
- loyalties — Plural form of loyalty.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- ludicrous — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- lustrious — Fantastic; amazing; splendid.
- luxurious — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- lycopolis — the Ancient Greek name for Asyut
- lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- mail slot — a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc are delivered to a building
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailrooms — Plural form of mailroom.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- malvoisie — malmsey wine.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- melodists — Plural form of melodist.
- melodizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of melodize.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- 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.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back