8-letter words containing a, s, m, l
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- limmasol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- loamless — not containing loam
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- low mass — a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- macushla — darling.
- magalogs — Plural form of magalog.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- mailbags — Plural form of mailbag.
- mailings — Plural form of mailing.
- maillots — Plural form of maillot.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- mainsail — the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- majlises — Plural form of majlis.
- makeless — having no mate or match.
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malagasy — a member of any of various peoples native to the island of Madagascar.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- malaysia — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- maleness — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- maliseet — Malecite.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- malistic — Of, or pertaining to, malism.
- mallards — Plural form of mallard.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- maltster — a maker of or dealer in malt.
- malvasia — a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- mamelons — Plural form of mamelon.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- mandalas — Plural form of mandala.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- maneless — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- maquilas — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.