7-letter words containing m, o, l
- humoral — of, relating to, or proceeding from a fluid of the body.
- humulon — a bitter constituent of hops, C 21 H 30 O 5 , having antibiotic properties.
- idolism — idolatry.
- immoble — Obsolete form of immobile.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- implode — to burst inward (opposed to explode).
- implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- jarldom — a chieftain; earl.
- klismos — an ancient Greek chair, having a deep top rail curving forward from the back, and having legs curving upward and inward: imitated during various classical revivals, especially in the early 19th century.
- kolomna — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- l'amour — Louis (Dearborn) 1908–88, U.S. novelist.
- lamboys — a skirt-like piece of armour made from metal strips
- lampion — a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampost — Alternative spelling of lamppost.
- layamon — flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.
- legroom — space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leptome — plant tissue, similar to phloem, that conducts food substances in bryophytes
- leucoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
- leukoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
- 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.
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- limoges — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- limosis — an excessive hunger or appetite caused by disease
- limpopo — a river in S Africa, flowing from the N Republic of South Africa, through S Mozambique into the Indian Ocean. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- lipomas — Plural form of lipoma.
- lissome — lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- lo mein — a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.
- loamier — Comparative form of loamy.
- loaming — a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lobworm — the lugworm.
- lockman — (Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
- lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
- locoism — a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- locoman — a locomotive engine driver.
- locomen — Plural form of locoman.
- log jam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
- logjams — Plural form of logjam.
- lombard — Carole (Jane Alice Peters) 1909?–42, U.S. film actress.
- loments — Plural form of loment.
- lomotil — a drug, C30H32N2O2·HCl, related to meperidine and used in treating diarrhea
- lookism — discrimination or prejudice based on a person's physical appearance.
- loom up — rise ominously
- 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.
- lorimer — a craftsperson who makes hardware for harnesses and riding habits, as bits or spurs.
- loukoum — Alternative spelling of locoum.
- lugworm — any burrowing annelid of the genus Arenicola, of ocean shores, having tufted gills: used as bait for fishing.