4-Letter Words Containing: M,E,L

• steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

• (figurative) a position of leadership

• be at or take the helm of

• cry weakly or softly

• (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

• a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank

• announce for a score; of cards in a card game

• lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

• mix together different elements

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

• an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

• the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

• a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

• characteristic of a man

• for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

• the food served and eaten at one time

• any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

• coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

• a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

• a large distance

• a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

• a footrace extending one mile

• someone who doesn't understand what is going on

• a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

• pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

• disabled in the feet or legs

• deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

• spicy sauce often containing chocolate

• the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• a spy who works against enemy espionage

• a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

• a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

• small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet