7-letter words containing m, e, c, l
- comales — a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- compels — Force or oblige (someone) to do something.
- compile — When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
- complex — Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- cozumel — an island off NE Quintana Roo state, on the Yucatán Peninsula, in SE Mexico: tourist resort.
- crimple — to crumple, wrinkle, or curl
- crumble — If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- crumple — If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- cumulet — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon, pure white or white with light red markings
- decimal — A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517.
- declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- embolic — (pathology) Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
- emplace — To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.
- exclaim — Cry out suddenly, esp. in surprise, anger, or pain.
- exclame — Obsolete form of exclaim.
- gemclip — a paperclip
- hemlock — a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
- laceman — (dated) A male dealer in lace.
- lechaim — a drinking toast
- leucism — An animal condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
- leucoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
- lexemic — Of or relating to a lexeme.
- limacel — a concealed shell, not fully developed, found inside some kinds of slug
- limbeck — (obsolete) An alembic.
- lipemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- locomen — Plural form of locoman.
- lyceums — Plural form of lyceum.
- maceral — any of the organic units that constitute coal: equivalent to any of the mineral constituents of a rock
- mackled — Simple past tense and past participle of mackle.
- mackles — Plural form of mackle.
- maclean — Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951
- macleod — Fiona, Sharp, William.
- maculae — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
- macules — Plural form of macule.
- malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- malices — 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.
- manacle — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- mascled — Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales.
- mcallen — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- mcclure — Samuel Sidney, 1857–1949, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Ireland.
- mclaren — Norman, 1914–87, Canadian film director and animator, born in Scotland.
- mechlin — French Malines. Flemish Mechelen [mekh-uh-luh n] /ˈmɛx ə lən/ (Show IPA). a city in N Belgium.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- melodic — melodious.
- mesclun — a salad consisting especially of young, tender mixed greens.
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- micelle — Physical Chemistry. an electrically charged particle formed by an aggregate of molecules and occurring in certain colloidal electrolyte solutions, as those of soaps and detergents.