8-letter words containing c, l, m
- inimical — adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- inoculum — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- l'chayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lacrimal — lachrymal (defs 1–3).
- lacrymal — Alternative spelling of lachrymal.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- leechdom — a remedy
- lemnisci — Plural form of lemniscus.
- leucemia — leukemia.
- leucemic — leukemic
- leukemic — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- limacine — pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- limerick — a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
- limnetic — pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- lipaemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- lithemic — relating to an excessive or uric acid in the blood
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- locomote — to move about, especially under one's own power.
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- lt comdr — Lieutenant Commander
- lumachel — (mineralogy) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours.
- lutecium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- lyricism — lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- macallum — an ice cream with raspberry sauce
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- machinal — Of, or pertaining to machines.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- macrural — (zoology) macrurous.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- macushla — darling.
- magickal — Involving, or pertaining to, magick (in modern occultism).
- mail car — a railroad car for carrying mail.
- mailclad — Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
- maiolica — majolica.
- majolica — Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
- male cow — a bull.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maledict — accursed.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- malistic — Of, or pertaining to, malism.