4-Letter Words Containing: M,A,L

• a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds

• A freak or whim; an idle fancy.

• A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext

• (drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.

• To deceive with a falsehood.

• (drumming) To play (notes as) a flam.

• stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

• a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

• any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• touch, lift, or hold with the hands

• an artificial source of visible illumination

• a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

• young sheep

• English essayist (1775-1834)

• a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

• a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

• the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

• give birth to a lamb

• burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

• gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

• any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.

• An artificial mixture or chalk, clay, and sand, from which bricks are made. The resulting bricks have a light brown or yellowish color.