7-letter words containing a, c, l
- lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
- locoman — a locomotive engine driver.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locular — having one or more locules.
- locusta — the spikelet of grasses
- logical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- lolcats — Plural form of lolcat.
- low-cal — containing fewer calories than usual or standard: a low-cal diet.
- lucania — an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucinda — a female given name, form of Lucy.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lyncean — of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- maceral — any of the organic units that constitute coal: equivalent to any of the mineral constituents of a rock
- machala — a city in SW Ecuador.
- mackled — Simple past tense and past participle of mackle.
- mackles — Plural form of mackle.
- maclean — Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951
- macleod — Fiona, Sharp, William.
- maclisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed at MIT AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by Project MAC, Mathlab and Macsyma. It ran on the PDP-10. It introduced the LEXPR (a function with variable arity), macros, arrays, and CATCH/THROW. MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being Interlisp). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both.
- maculae — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- macular — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- macules — Plural form of macule.
- magical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- malacca — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula: formerly a part of the British Straits Settlements and of the Federation of Malaya. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km).
- malachi — a Minor Prophet of the 5th century b.c.
- malachy — Saint. 1094–1148, Irish prelate; he became Archbishop of Armagh (1132) and founded (1142) the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. Feast day: Nov 3
- malacia — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- malaco- — denoting softness
- malchus — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- malcolm — a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “disciple of Saint Columba.”.
- malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- malices — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
- malicho — mischief or wrongdoing
- malonic — of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- manacle — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- mancala — (games, board games) A generic name applied to various board games in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- mascled — Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales.
- masculy — covered with mascles
- matlock — a town in England, on the River Derwent, administrative centre of Derbyshire: mineral springs. Pop: 11 265 (2001)
- mauchly — John William, 1907–80, U.S. physicist and coinventor of the ENIAC, the first electronic computer 1946.
- mcallen — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- mclaren — Norman, 1914–87, Canadian film director and animator, born in Scotland.
- mcluhan — Marshall, 1911–80, Canadian cultural historian and mass-communications theorist.
- mcnally — Terrance, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.