8-letter words containing m, l, i, s
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- malvasia — a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- maquilas — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- measlier — Comparative form of measly.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medflies — Plural form of medfly.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- mesially — Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- micelles — Plural form of micelle.
- mid-list — the part of a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books consisting of titles that are expected to have average sales or success, as compared to the frontlist.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- midlines — Plural form of midline.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- miladies — Plural form of milady.
- milanese — a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- mildness — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- mileages — Plural form of mileage.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milesian — a native of Miletus.
- milesimo — one thousandth
- milfoils — Plural form of milfoil.
- militias — Plural form of militia.
- milkfish — a herringlike fish, Chanos chanos, of warm ocean waters in southeastern Asia.
- milkings — Plural form of milking.
- milkless — Without milk.
- milkshed — a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed.
- milksops — Plural form of milksop.