7-letter words containing m, l, n
- lemming — any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genera Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes result in mass drownings.
- lemnian — a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lensman — a photographer.
- liement — (fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent\u2019s blade into the diagonally opposite line, (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.
- limacon — a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- limbing — a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
- limen's — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- liminal — of, relating to, or situated at the limen.
- limning — to represent in drawing or painting.
- limping — Present participle of limp.
- limpkin — a large, loud-voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, intermediate in size and character between the cranes and the rails, of the warmer regions of America.
- lineman — Also, linesman. a person who installs or repairs telephone, telegraph, or other wires.
- linemen — Plural form of lineman.
- lingams — Plural form of lingam.
- linkman — Adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
- linkmen — Plural form of linkman.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- lipmann — Fritz Albert, 1899–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
- lo mein — a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.
- loaming — a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lockman — (Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
- locoman — a locomotive engine driver.
- locomen — Plural form of locoman.
- loments — Plural form of loment.
- looming — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
- lumbang — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, the fruits of which yield tung oil
- lumenal — Of or pertaining to the lumen.
- luminal — (biology) of or pertaining to the lumen.
- lumined — to illumine.
- luminol — (organic compound) A chemical that exhibits blue chemiluminescence when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent, molecular formula C8H7N3O2.
- lumping — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- lumpkin — a heavy or clumsy person
- maclean — Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951
- madalyn — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- madling — A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
- mafflin — a simpleton or a half-witted person
- mail-in — conducted or responding by mail: a mail-in referendum.
- mailing — flexible armor of interlinked rings.
- mailman — a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- mailmen — Plural form of mailman.
- mailvan — a vehicle used to transport mail
- mainbol — (language) MAcro ImplementatioN of SNOBOL4.
- malanga — a thick, fleshy-leaved South American plant, Xanthosoma atrovirens, of the arum family, having leaves up to 3 feet (90 cm) long and nearly 2 feet (60 cm) wide.
- malange — a city in N Angola.
- malanje — a city in N Angola.
- mälaren — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).
- malayan — of or relating to Malaya or its inhabitants
- maligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malign.
- malinda — a female given name.
- malines — French name of Mechlin.