6-letter words containing a, l, m
- mislay — to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
- missal — (sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- mistal — a cow shed; byre
- mitral — of or resembling a miter.
- mladic — Ratko (ˈratko). born 1943, Bosnian military figure, commander of the Bosnian Serb forces during the civil war of 1992–95; indicted by the UN for war crimes, including the massacre of 6000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica (1995); his trial at an international criminal tribunal in the Hague began in 2012
- modals — Plural form of modal.
- modcal — A version of HP-PASCAL enhanced with system programming constructs, used internally by HP.
- modula — MODUlar LAnguage
- molars — Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moldau — a river in the W Czech Republic, flowing N to the Elbe. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- mollah — mullah.
- molnar — Ferenc [fe-rents] /ˈfɛ rɛnts/ (Show IPA), 1878–1952, Hungarian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.
- monals — Plural form of monal.
- monial — a mullion.
- monola — a form of canola, modified through selective breeding, which yields a cooking oil low in saturated fat
- moolah — money.
- morale — emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
- morals — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- morula — the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- mowlam — Mo, full name Marjorie Mowlam. 1949–2005, British Labour politician; secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1997–99) and minister for the cabinet office (1999–2001)
- mu-law — The North America standard for nonuniform quantising logarithmic compression.
- mughal — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
- muleta — a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- mulgas — Plural form of mulga.
- mullah — (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
- mullar — A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.
- mullas — (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
- multan — a city in E central Pakistan.
- murals — Plural form of mural.
- musial — Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- mutual — possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: to have mutual respect.
- my lai — a hamlet in S Vietnam: U.S. forces' massacre of South Vietnamese civilians 1968.
- mycale — a promontory in W Asia Minor, in present-day W Turkey, opposite Samos: site of a Persian defeat by the Greeks in 479 b.c.
- mygale — any spider of the genus Mygale, native to parts of North, Central and South America, commonly known as bird-eating spiders
- myrdal — Alva (Reimer) [al-vuh rey-mer;; Swedish ahl-vah rey-muh r] /ˈæl və ˈreɪ mər;; Swedish ˈɑl vɑ ˈreɪ mər/ (Show IPA), 1902–86, Swedish sociologist and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1982 (wife of Gunnar Myrdal).
- namely — that is to say; explicitly; specifically; to wit: an item of legislation, namely, the housing bill.
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- nomial — (mathematics, algebra) A name or term.
- normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- oilman — a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oldham — a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- oldman — (nonstandard) An old man.
- olekma — a river in E Siberian Russia, flowing N to the Lena River. 820 miles (1319 km) long.
- ollamh — a wise man or expert in a particular field of knowledge
- omasal — of, relating to, or emanating from the omasum
- p-mail — Physical mail, as opposed to e-mail. Synonymous with snail-mail.
- pablum — (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- palama — the webbing on a bird's feet