8-letter words containing g, i, l, m
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- magickal — Involving, or pertaining to, magick (in modern occultism).
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.
- mailbags — Plural form of mailbag.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
- mailings — Plural form of mailing.
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malignly — In a malign manner.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- malpighi — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- mamaliga — a porridge of cornmeal, orig. of Romania
- mangling — to smooth or press with a mangle.
- mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megillah — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- microlog — (architecture) A section of non-volitile memory used to record state information. Often used for retaining crash information after a reboot in embedded systems.
- middling — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- mightily — in a mighty manner; powerfully or vigorously.
- miglitol — A particular oral antidiabetic drug.
- miguelet — miquelet.
- mileages — Plural form of mileage.
- milelong — extending for a mile: a milelong beach.
- milk jug — a jug for holding and pouring milk, usually intended for use on the table
- milk leg — a painful swelling of the leg soon after childbirth, due to thrombosis of the large veins.
- milkings — Plural form of milking.
- milligal — a unit of acceleration, equal to one thousandth of a gal; one thousandth of a centimeter per second per second. Abbreviation: mGal.
- milligan — Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000
- millings — Plural form of milling.
- mingling — Present participle of mingle.
- misalign — To align incorrectly.
- mislight — To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
- mislodge — to lodge or accommodate wrongly
- misology — distrust or hatred of reason or reasoning.
- mixology — the art or skill of preparing mixed drinks.
- mizzling — Present participle of mizzle.