6-letter words containing m, e, l
- marley — Robert Nesta ("Bob") 1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter: popularizer of Rastafarianism.
- martel — Charles, Charles Martel.
- 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.
- mdlle. — Mademoiselle.
- 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.
- meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- medfly — Mediterranean fruit fly.
- medial — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medill — Joseph, 1823–99, U.S. journalist.
- 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.
- medley — a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
- meekly — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- meetly — suitably; fittingly; properly; in a seemly manner.
- megilp — a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
- meikle — Alternative form of mickle.
- melaka — Malacca (defs 1, 2).
- melan- — melano-
- melded — a blend.
- melder — the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- melees — Plural form of melee.
- melena — the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- melete — one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation. Compare Aoede, mneme (def 2).
- 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.
- melled — to beat with a mallet; hammer.
- meller — melodrama (def 1).
- mellon — Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
- mellor — Schlaer-Mellor
- mellow — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melody — musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
- meloid — a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- melons — the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- melted — Simple past tense and past participle of melt.
- melter — a person or thing that melts.
- melton — a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- melvin — a male given name.
- mendel — Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.