8-letter words containing l, a, m, e
- megaplex — a large building containing many movie theaters, usually more than a dozen.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- 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.
- mel kaye — (person) The hero of The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer. The preface to the manuals for the Royal McBee LGP-30 ACT 1 (Algebraic Compiler and Translator) compiler (dated 1959) contain the following attribution from Clay S. Boswell, Jr. (apparently ACT 1's designer): I wish to acknowledge my appreciation to the many people who offered suggestions and criticisms of the ACT 1 System. In particular, Mel Kaye of Royal McBee who did the bulk of the programming. (2008-08-04)
- melamine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 3 N 3 (NH 2) 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of resins, especially melamine resins.
- melammed — melamed.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- melanian — a freshwater mollusc of the former family Melaniidae. The Melaniidae family is now separated into the Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, and Melanopsidae families.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- melaxuma — a disease of trees, especially walnuts, characterized by an inky-black liquid oozing from the affected twigs, branches, and trunk, and by bark cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Dothiorella gregaria.
- meleager — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek epigrammatist.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- meltable — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- meltages — (very, rare) Plural form of meltage.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- menially — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- mersalyl — a salt of sodium, C13H16HgNNaO6, which was formerly used as a diuretic
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- mesially — Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- mesoglea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- 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.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metalled — 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.
- metaller — (music, informal) One who listens to metal music.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- metallo- — denoting metal
- metamale — a sterile male organism, esp a fruit fly (Drosophila) that has one X chromosome and three sets of autosomes
- metazoal — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.