9-letter words containing l, a, m, n
- analogism — an argument or reason based on analogy
- anemology — the study of winds
- angleworm — an earthworm used as bait by anglers
- anglicism — a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to the English language, esp as spoken in England
- angouleme — city in SW France: pop. 46,000
- animalian — any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- animalier — a painter or sculptor of animal subjects, esp a member of a group of early 19th-century French sculptors who specialized in realistic figures of animals, usually in bronze
- animalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of animalize.
- animalism — satisfaction of or preoccupation with physical matters; sensuality
- animalist — a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.
- animality — the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
- animalize — to rouse to brutality or sensuality or make brutal or sensual
- animately — In an animate way.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anomalism — the state or quality of being anomalous.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- antimonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group SbO-
- antimoral — Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
- appalment — The state of being appalled or alarmed.
- arylamine — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- atonalism — atonality.
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- band mill — a powered machine having two pulleys for a saw band or a file band; band saw.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- binominal — of or denoting the binomial nomenclature
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls