9-letter words containing s, l, i, n
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lustiness — The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.
- lutenists — Plural form of lutenist.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- 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.
- mainsails — Plural form of mainsail.
- malaysian — a native or inhabitant of Malaysia.
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- manizales — a city in W Colombia.
- manliness — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- massillon — a city in NE Ohio.
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- mendelism — the theories of heredity advanced by Gregor Mendel.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- mesangial — Of or pertaining to the mesangium.
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- middlings — medium, moderate, oraverage in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling.
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.
- milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
- militants — Plural form of militant.
- milkiness — The property of being milky.