8-letter words containing t, e, m, l
- matabele — Ndebele (def 1).
- mateless — Without a mate.
- matelote — a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matfelon — knapweed
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- mattedly — in a matted manner
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- mealtime — the usual time for a meal.
- meatball — a small ball of ground meat, especially beef, often mixed with bread crumbs, seasonings, etc., before cooking.
- meatless — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- meddleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meddle.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- melilite — a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melinite — a high explosive containing picric acid.
- melitene — ancient name of Malatya.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melittin — a polypeptide that is the main toxic component in bee venom
- mellitic — (of an acid) obtained from mellite
- mellitum — mellite.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- meltable — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- meltages — (very, rare) Plural form of meltage.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- menilite — another name for liver opal, esp a brown or grey variety
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- mesolect — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.