7-letter words containing c, i, m, a
- macking — a pimp.
- 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.
- maffick — to celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations.
- magical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- mahican — a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- malachi — a Minor Prophet of the 5th century b.c.
- malacia — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- 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.
- mandioc — (obsolete) manioc.
- maniack — Obsolete form of maniac.
- maniacs — Plural form of maniac.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marcian — a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- masonic — Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
- matrice — Obsolete form of matrix.
- mauriac — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1885–1970, French novelist: Nobel prize 1952.
- maurice — German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- mediacy — the state of being mediate.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- medivac — to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- mercian — of or relating to Mercia, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- mexican — of or relating to Mexico or its people.
- miasmic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- michael — a militant archangel. Dan. 10:13.
- michaux — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1984, French poet and painter, born in Belgium.
- micheas — Micah (defs 1, 2).
- mid-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of between $1 billion and $5 billion.
- mimical — mimic.
- minchah — the daily Jewish religious service conducted in the afternoon.
- minicab — a minicar that serves as a taxicab.
- minicam — Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
- minicar — a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- misacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misact.
- miscall — to call by a wrong name.
- miscast — to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor): Tom was miscast as Romeo.
- mitilac — (language) An early system on the IBM 650.
- mizrach — a decorative figure, usually bearing an inscription, that is hung on the eastern wall in Jewish homes or synagogues to indicate the direction to face in prayer.
- mochica — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru from the 3rd century b.c. to the 7th century a.d. and is especially noted for fine pottery vessels with stirrup spouts, some bearing drawings of all aspects of cultural life.
- mochila — a flap of leather on the seat of a saddle, used as a covering and sometimes as a base to which saddlebags are attached.