9-letter words containing el
- mediately — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- melaleuca — any of various chiefly Australian shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, of the myrtle family, including the cajeput and several species of bottlebrush.
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- 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.
- melismata — Plural form of melisma.
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed
- mellowing — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
- melodeons — Plural form of melodeon.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- melodists — Plural form of melodist.
- melodized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodize.
- melodizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of melodize.
- 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.
- melomania — great enthusiasm for music
- melomanic — characterized by a great enthusiasm for music
- melongene — eggplant (def 1).
- meloxicam — an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- melpomene — the Muse of tragedy.
- melt away — thaw
- melt down — substance
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.
- meltingly — In a melting way.
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
- melungeon — a member of a people of mixed white, black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.
- mendeleev — Dmitri Ivanovich [dmyee-tryee ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˈdmyi tryi iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1834–1907, Russian chemist: helped develop the periodic law.
- mendelian — of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.
- mendelism — the theories of heredity advanced by Gregor Mendel.
- menseless — graceless or lacking propriety
- 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.
- metapelet — a woman who cares for children, especially on kibbutzim in Israel; foster mother.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- mid-level — middle-level.