6-letter words containing a, c, m
- madcap — wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- magick — Archaic. magic.
- magics — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magic.
- malbec — a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux region of France and now in Argentina and Chile, used for making wine
- maleic — (chemistry) of, or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives.
- malice — 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.
- malloc — C's standard library routine for storage allocation. It takes the number of bytes required and returns a pointer to a block of that size. Storage is allocated from a heap which lies after the end of the program and data areas. Memory allocated with malloc must be freed explicitly using the "free" routine before it can be re-used.
- maloca — An ancestral longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
- manace — Obsolete form of menace.
- manche — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- manchu — a member of a Tungusic people of Manchuria who conquered China in the 17th century and established a dynasty there (Manchu dynasty, or Ch'ing, 1644–1912).
- mancus — A gold coin used in Medieval Europe.
- maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- manioc — cassava.
- mantic — of or relating to divination.
- maraca — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- marcan — of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- marcel — to wave (the hair) by means of special irons, producing the effect of regular, continuous waves (marcel waves)
- marche — The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- marcia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- marcie — a female given name, form of Marcia.
- marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- marcot — (botany) A branch formed by marcottage.
- marcus — Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- mascle — a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- mascon — a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- mascot — an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck: The U.S. Navy mascot is a goat.
- mastic — Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- matcha — a finely ground powder made from small green tea leaves that have been steamed briefly, then dried, used to make tea and as a flavoring in desserts.
- matico — a Peruvian shrub, Piper angustifolium, the leaves of which have medicinal properties
- matric — (South Africa) The final year of high school. (from 20th c.).
- maunch — manche.
- mbasic — Microsoft BASIC.
- mcadoo — William Gibbs, 1863–1941, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1913–18.
- mccrae — John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
- mcgraw — John Joseph, 1873–1934, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- mckean — Tom. born 1963, Scottish athlete: European 800 metres gold medallist (1990)
- mclean — John (1785-1861), US Supreme Court associate justice 1829-61. The US postmaster general 1823-29, he was appointed to the Court by President Jackson.
- mcnair — Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- meacon — to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- mecate — Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- meccas — Plural form of mecca.
- menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mencap — a charity that helps people with learning difficulties and promotes their interests in society
- mercia — an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- mescal — an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- mezcal — Alternative form of mescal.
- micate — to add mica to
- michal — a daughter of Saul, who became the wife of David. I Sam. 14:49; 18:27.