9-letter words containing el
- lissomely — In a lissome manner; with supple grace.
- live well — be comfortably well off
- liveliest — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- llewellyn — Richard (Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) 1907?–83, Welsh novelist.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locellate — split into secondary cells
- loneliest — Superlative form of lonely.
- looseleaf — Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lovelocks — Plural form of lovelock.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- low vowel — a vowel uttered with the mouth open and the tongue lowered
- low-level — undertaken by or composed of members having a low status: a low-level discussion.
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- lyttelton — Humphrey. 1921–2008, British jazz trumpeter and band leader who influenced the British revival of New Orleans jazz
- macabrely — In a macabre manner.
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- mackellar — Dorothea. 1885–1968, Australian poet, who wrote My Country, Australia's best known poem
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- madeleine — a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
- madonsela — Thuli (ˈtʊlɪ). born 1962, South African advocate; in her term as Public Protector (2009–16) she was noted for exposing political corruption
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- mamelukes — Plural form of mameluke.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- mantelets — Plural form of mantelet.
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marvelled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marveller — One who marvel.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maryellen — a female given name.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- massively — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- mast cell — a large granular cell, common in connective tissue, that produces heparin, histamine, and serotonin.
- matelasse — an embossed, compound fabric woven on a dobby or Jacquard loom.
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- matfellon — knapweed
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- mcclellan — George Brinton [brin-tn] /ˈbrɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
- mcconnell — Jack (Wilson), Baron. born 1960, Scottish Labour politician; first minister of the Scottish Parliament (2001–07)