6-letter words containing a, b, m
- l-beam — an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
- labium — a lip or liplike part.
- labrum — a lip or liplike part.
- lambda — the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).
- lambed — Simple past tense and past participle of lamb.
- lamber — someone who tends to ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
- lambic — A strong, sweet Belgian beer.
- lambie — (childish, or, endearing) A lamb.
- lamboy — tonlet.
- limbal — (medical) Of or pertaining to the limbus.
- lumbal — (anatomy) Alternative form of lumbar.
- lumbar — of or relating to the loin or loins.
- mabela — ground kaffir corn used for making porridge
- mabuse — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- macomb — a city in NW Illinois.
- madiba — a title of respect for Nelson Mandela, deriving from his Xhosa clan name
- mahlab — An aromatic spice made from cherry stones.
- makeba — Miriam. 1932–2008, South African singer and political activist; banned from South Africa from 1960 to 1990
- malabo — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
- malbec — a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux region of France and now in Argentina and Chile, used for making wine
- mambas — Plural form of mamba.
- mambos — Plural form of mambo.
- manbag — A man's handbag or shoulder bag.
- marabi — A lively music genre from South Africa.
- marble — Alice, 1913–90, U.S. tennis player.
- marbly — like marble in appearance, hardness, coldness, etc.
- matlab — (mathematics, language, application) A high-level language and interactive program from The MathWorks for numeric computation and visualisation. MATLAB supports numerical analysis, matrix computation, signal processing, linear algebra, statistics, Fourier analysis, filtering, optimisation and numerical integration. It can output two and three dimensional graphics and can be integrated with C, C++, Fortran, Java, COM and Microsoft Excel.
- mazhbi — a Sikh who formerly belonged, or whose ancestors belonged, to the Hindu scavenger caste
- mbasic — Microsoft BASIC.
- mbiras — Plural form of mbira.
- mibuna — a Japanese leafy salad vegetable
- mihrab — (in a mosque) a niche or decorative panel designating the kiblah.
- mimbar — a pulpit in a mosque.
- minbar — A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.
- mobcap — a soft cloth cap with a full crown, fitting down over the ears and frequently tying beneath the chin, formerly worn indoors by women.
- moomba — a festival held annually in Melbourne since 1954, named in the belief that moomba was an Aboriginal word meaning "Let's get together and have fun"
- mugabe — Robert (Gabriel) born 1924, Zimbabwean political leader: prime minister 1980–87; president since 1987.
- mumbai — a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Capital: Mumbai.
- my bad — not good in any manner or degree.
- namibe — a port in SW Angola: fishing industry. Pop: 132 900 (2004 est)
- numbat — banded anteater.
- ovambo — a member of a mixed Khoikhoi and Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in N Namibia: noted for their skill in metal work
- pablum — (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- pombal — Marquês de (mərkeʃ ˈdəː). title of Sebastiâo José de Carvalho e Mello. 1699–1782, Portuguese statesman, who dominated Portuguese government from 1750 to 1777 and instituted many administrative and economic reforms
- rambla — a dry ravine.
- ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- rhumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- roboam — Rehoboam.
- sambal — a condiment or side dish of Indonesia, Malaysia, and southern India, made with any of various ingredients, as vegetables, fish, or coconut, usually seasoned with chili peppers and spices and served with rice and curries.
- sambar — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.