6-letter words containing m, e, a, l
- marvel — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- mascle — a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- maudle — (obsolete, transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
- mauled — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- mauler — One who mauls.
- mclean — John (1785-1861), US Supreme Court associate justice 1829-61. The US postmaster general 1823-29, he was appointed to the Court by President Jackson.
- mealer — a person eating but not lodging at a boarding house
- mealie — Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- meanly — moderately.
- measle — singular of measles (def 3).
- measly — Informal. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance.
- meatal — an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- medals — Plural form of medal.
- medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medlar — 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.
- melaka — Malacca (defs 1, 2).
- melan- — melano-
- melena — the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- melian — a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: statue, Venus de Milo, found here 1820. 51 sq. mi. (132 sq. km).
- menial — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- mensal — of, relating to, or used at the table.
- mental — of or relating to the chin.
- mesail — a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mescal — an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- mesial — medial.
- metals — Plural form of metal.
- mezail — mesail.
- mezcal — Alternative form of mescal.
- milage — the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
- morale — emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
- muleta — a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- mycale — a promontory in W Asia Minor, in present-day W Turkey, opposite Samos: site of a Persian defeat by the Greeks in 479 b.c.
- mygale — any spider of the genus Mygale, native to parts of North, Central and South America, commonly known as bird-eating spiders
- namely — that is to say; explicitly; specifically; to wit: an item of legislation, namely, the housing bill.
- olekma — a river in E Siberian Russia, flowing N to the Lena River. 820 miles (1319 km) long.
- palmed — having a palm or palms of a specified kind (often used in combination): a wide-palmed hand.
- palmer — Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
- palmie — a palmtop computer
- pamela — (or Virtue Rewarded) an epistolary novel (1740) by Samuel Richardson.
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- rammel — discarded or waste matter
- rammle — a collection of items saved in case they become useful
- remail — to send again or forward (an email message)
- salome — Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- samedl — SQL Ada Module Description Language. Used to interface Ada application programs to SQL-based DBMSs. E-mail: Marc Graham <[email protected]>. ftp://ajpo.sei.cmu.edu/public/atip/samedl/.
- samely — monotonous
- samlet — a young salmon.
- sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- samuel — a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.