6-letter words containing l, i, m
- filmer — One who films; that is, one who copies media to microfilm.
- filmic — of, relating to, or characteristic of motion pictures: a filmic adaptation of a novel.
- fimble — the male or staminate plant of hemp, which is harvested before the female or pistillate plant.
- firmly — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- flimsy — without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
- folium — a thin leaflike stratum or layer; a lamella.
- galium — (botany) Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws.
- gamily — having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.
- gilman — Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gimbal — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gimbel — Jacob, 1850–1922, U.S. retail merchant.
- gimble — To grimace.
- gimels — Plural form of gimel.
- gimlet — a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- gimmal — any of various joints for transmitting motion between rotating parts, as in a timepiece.
- glioma — a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- grimly — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- hamill — Dorothy (Stuart) born 1956, U.S. figure skater.
- hamlin — Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- hamuli — Plural form of hamulus.
- helium — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
- hiemal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- holism — Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Compare organicism (def 1).
- holmia — the oxide of holmium
- holmic — of or containing the element holmium.
- homily — a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
- humlie — a hornless cow
- idolum — An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
- illume — to illuminate.
- imbolc — an ancient Celtic festival associated with the goddess Brigit, held on Feb 1 or 2 to mark the beginning of spring. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- impala — an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- impale — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- imparl — to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- impels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impel.
- imphal — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- implex — the point where muscles are attached to the integument of an arthropod
- imploy — Obsolete spelling of employ.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- jamila — a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “beautiful.”.
- jimply — slender; trim; delicate.
- kalima — (Islam) the formal content of the shahada (declaration of faith):
- kalium — (obsolete) Potassium.
- kalmia — any North American evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Kalmia, of the heath family, having showy flowers, as the mountain laurel.
- kilims — Plural form of kilim.
- kilmer — (Alfred) Joyce, 1886–1918, U.S. poet and journalist.
- kolima — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE to the Arctic Ocean. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- labium — a lip or liplike part.
- lambic — A strong, sweet Belgian beer.
- lambie — (childish, or, endearing) A lamb.
- lamiae — Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.