9-letter words containing am
- last name — surname (def 1).
- lava lamp — lamp containing wax in coloured liquid
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- logograms — Plural form of logogram.
- long clam — soft-shell clam.
- long game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit shots, especially drives, for distance. Compare short game (def 1).
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- love game — a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- macadamia — any Australian tree of the genus Macadamia, especially M. ternifolia, having whorled leaves and elongated clusters of pink flowers.
- main beam — a long thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete used in the construction of houses which transmits its load directly to a wall or column, as opposed to another beam
- mainframe — a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users.
- malamutes — Plural form of malamute.
- malayalam — a Dravidian language spoken in extreme southwestern India.
- mamberamo — a river in Irian Jaya, W New Guinea, flowing NW to the Pacific Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- mamelukes — Plural form of mameluke.
- mamillary — Of, relating to, or on the mamilla.
- mamillate — having nipples or nipple-like protuberances
- mammalian — an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
- mammality — the characteristic of being a mammal
- mammalogy — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammaries — Female breasts; Plural form of mammary.
- mammering — to stammer or mutter.
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- mammiform — having the shape of a breast
- mammogram — an x-ray photograph obtained by mammography.
- mammology — Alternative form of mammalogy.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- mammonism — the greedy pursuit of riches.
- mammonite — the greedy pursuit of riches.
- mammonize — To render mammonic, to cause to pursue great wealth.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- marigrams — Plural form of marigram.
- mash team — the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- matamoros — a seaport in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Brownsville, Texas.
- matsuyama — a seaport on NW Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- mattagami — a river in E Ontario, Canada, flowing N to join the Missinaibi River and form the Moose River. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- mattamore — An underground storage place for grain.
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- metameres — Plural form of metamere.