7-letter words containing l, a, r, m
- mälaren — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).
- malaria — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malarky — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- mallard — a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
- mallory — Stephen Russell, 1813?–73, U.S. lawyer and politician.
- mallrat — Alternative spelling of mall rat.
- malodor — an unpleasant or offensive odor; stench.
- malraux — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.
- malvern — an urban area in W England, SW of Birmingham: mineral springs; incorporated into Malvern Hills 1974.
- malware — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- mandrel — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mandril — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mangler — to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
- manlier — Comparative form of manly.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- marbler — Someone who works with marble.
- marbles — 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.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- marilia — a city in SE Brazil.
- marilyn — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marisol — (Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- marital — Of or relating to marriage or the relations between husband and wife.
- marlais — (language) A simple-minded interpreter by Brent Benson at Harris for a programming language strongly resembling Dylan. Marlais version 0.2a is a "hackers release" for education, experimentation, porting, extension, and bug fixing. It has been ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, VAX/BSD, OS/2, Linux, Sequent Symmetry, Encore, HP-UX, Ultrix, SGI, Sony News, and A/UX.
- marlene — a female given name.
- marlier — Comparative form of marly.
- marline — small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marling — small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marlins — Plural form of marlin.
- marlite — an indurated marl.
- marlowe — Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- marlpit — (dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
- marplot — a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- marsala — a seaport in W Sicily.
- marshal — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- martele — martellato.
- martial — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- martlet — British Dialect. a house martin.
- marvell — Andrew, 1621–78, English poet and satirist.
- marvels — Plural form of marvel.
- marylou — a female given name.
- maulers — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- mayoral — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mclaren — Norman, 1914–87, Canadian film director and animator, born in Scotland.
- medlars — a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- membral — relating to a limb or limbs
- milagro — A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
- miliary — resembling millet seeds.
- militar — Obsolete form of military.
- millard — a male given name.
- mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.