5-letter words containing l, a, m
- maerl — an accumulation of red coralline algae
- mahal — a palace or mansion. See also Taj Mahal.
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mail.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- malai — In Indian cooking, cream.
- malan — Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- malar — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).
- malax — to soften
- malay — of, relating to, or characteristic of a racially intermixed people who are the dominant population of the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands.
- maleo — Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
- males — Plural form of male.
- malic — pertaining to or derived from apples.
- malik — Adam, 1917–84, Indonesian politician and diplomat.
- malis — Plural form of mali.
- malky — (Scotland, slang) To physically assault.
- malle — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1932–95, French film director.
- malls — Plural form of mall.
- mallu — (slang) a person from the Indian state of Kerala, especially one who speaks Malayalam.
- malmo — a seaport in S Sweden, on the Sound opposite Copenhagen, Denmark.
- malmy — resembling malm or loam
- malta — an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malts — Plural form of malt.
- malty — of, like, or containing malt.
- malum — An evil or wrongdoing.
- malus — (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- malva — any mallow plant of the genus Malva
- malwa — Beer made with millet.
- mamil — middle-aged man in Lycra
- manal — Of, like or pertaining to the hand.
- manly — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manul — A small wild cat of Central Asia, Otocolobus manul.
- maple — any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap. Compare maple family.
- maril — Machine description language used by the Marion code generator.
- marla — (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
- marly — Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mauls — Plural form of maul.
- meals — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
- mealy — having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly: mealy potatoes; a mealy stone.
- medal — 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.
- melba — (Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- metal — 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.
- miaul — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- milia — a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- milpa — (in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- mitla — the ruins of a Zapotec Indian city near Oaxaca, Mexico, yielding elaborate remains of temples and other artifacts.
- mixal — MIX Assembly Language. The assembly language for Donald Knuth's hypothetical MIX machine.
- modal — of or relating to mode, manner, or form.