9-letter words containing em
- kakemonos — (uncommon) Plural form of kakemono.
- kecskemet — a city in central Hungary.
- ketonemia — the presence of ketone bodies in the blood.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- klemperer — Otto, 1885–1973, German orchestra conductor.
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- ledgement — (architecture) Alternative form of ledgment.
- lemmatize — to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lemnitzer — Lyman Louis [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1988, U.S. army officer; chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960–63; supreme allied commander NATO 1963–69.
- lemon law — a law that requires manufacturers to replace, repair, or refund the cost of automobiles that prove to be defective.
- lemon oil — a fragrant yellow essential oil obtained from the rinds of lemons or manufactured synthetically, used as a flavoring and in perfumery, furniture polishes, etc.
- lemon tea — a hot drink that contains lemon juice or tastes of lemon
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemia — (UK) alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- line item — the distinct title of an entry or account as it appears on a separate line in a bookkeeping ledger or a fiscal budget.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- lodgement — the act of lodging.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- maghemite — a strongly magnetic dimorph of hematite.
- main stem — the main street of a city or town; the main drag.
- mallemuck — mollymawk.
- mappemond — a map of the world
- martemper — (transitive) To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
- membranal — Of or pertaining to a membrane.
- membraned — Having a (specified type of) membrane.
- membranes — Plural form of membrane.
- mementoes — (rare) Plural form of memento.
- memoirism — the act or practice of writing memoirs
- memoirist — a person who writes memoirs.
- memorable — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorably — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memoranda — a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- memorised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorise.
- memoriser — Alternative spelling of memorizer.
- memoriter — by heart; by memory.
- memorized — Simple past tense and past participle of memorize.
- memorizer — One who, or that which, memorizes.