6-letter words containing l, i, m
- mailed — of or relating to mail.
- mailer — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- maille — Alternative form of mail.
- mainly — chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent: Our success was due mainly to your efforts. The audience consisted mainly of students.
- majlis — a public audience held by a chieftain, monarch, or other ruler to listen to the requests of petitioners.
- malawi — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- maleic — (chemistry) of, or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives.
- malian — an inhabitant or native of Mali
- malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
- malign — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- maliki — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Malik ibn Anas (c715–795).
- maline — Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malism — The belief that the world is evil.
- malkin — an untidy woman; slattern.
- mallei — Plural form of malleus.
- mallia — a town in E Crete: site of an excavated Minoan palace.
- maloti — plural of loti.
- malvin — (biochemistry) An anthocyanin, a diglucoside of malvidin, found in very many foods.
- mandil — A loose outer coat or jacket worn by men in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- manila — an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898–1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- manzil — (Islam) Any of the seven partitions of the Qur'an, which can be read in an entire day.
- mariel — a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marlin — any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- maskil — an advocate or supporter of the Haskalah.
- maslin — a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- matily — in a matey manner
- maulvi — (in India) an expert in Islamic law: used especially as a term of respectful address among Muslims.
- mawlid — a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized especially by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
- mazily — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- mealie — Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medill — Joseph, 1823–99, U.S. journalist.
- megilp — a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
- meikle — Alternative form of mickle.
- melian — a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: statue, Venus de Milo, found here 1820. 51 sq. mi. (132 sq. km).
- melick — A grass either mountain melick (Melica nutans) or wood melick (Melica uniflora).
- melies — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, French film director.
- meline — Having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
- meloid — a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- melvin — a male given name.
- menial — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- merils — an old-fashioned game played by two people, involving the placing of counters at the intersections of lines drawn on a board or on the ground.
- merlin — OS/2
- mesail — a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial — medial.
- meslin — Alternative form of maslin.
- mezail — mesail.
- miauls — Plural form of miaul.
- michal — a daughter of Saul, who became the wife of David. I Sam. 14:49; 18:27.
- michel — Obsolete form of mickle.