8-letter words containing a, c, m, e
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- cremated — Simple past tense and past participle of cremate.
- cremates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cremate.
- cremator — a furnace for cremating corpses
- crewmate — a colleague on the crew of a boat or ship
- crumenal — a purse
- cumacean — any small malacostracan marine crustacean of the Cumacea family, mostly dwelling on the sea bed but sometimes found among the plankton
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumulate — to accumulate
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- decagram — dekagram
- decamped — Simple past tense and past participle of decamp.
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- emaciate — (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- embracer — A person who embraces.
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- empacket — to wrap up
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- epigamic — attractive to the opposite sex
- escapism — The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- facemail — a computer program which uses an electronically generated face to deliver messages on screen
- facemask — a mask worn to prevent the inhalation of fumes, or to avoid spreading germs
- facepalm — the gesture of placing the palm of one's hand across the face, as to express embarrassment, frustration, disbelief, etc. (often used as an interjection): She read the post and comments and did a facepalm. Okay, that was dumb—facepalm!
- facetime — Alternative form of face time.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- gamecast — the broadcast of a team sport game.
- gamecock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.