8-letter words containing a, c, m
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amicably — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amicheme — Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- amikacin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic, C 22 H 45 N 5 O 13 , used in the treatment of infections, especially those caused by susceptible Gram-negative bacilli.
- amimeche — Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- amitotic — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- ammocete — ammocoete
- ammoniac — a strong-smelling gum resin obtained from the stems of the N Asian umbelliferous plant Dorema ammoniacum and formerly used as an expectorant, stimulant, perfume, and in porcelain cement
- amnesiac — Someone who is amnesiac has lost their memory.
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- amnionic — Amniotic.
- amniotic — of or relating to the amnion
- amorance — the state of being in love
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- anamonic — A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a \"stem\" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- animalic — relating to animals
- animatic — an initial edition or forerunner of a film, often a commercial, which contains a sequence of storyboard shots accompanied by a soundtrack
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- apurimac — a river in S Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Urubamba River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)
- arc lamp — a lamp in which brilliant light is produced by maintaining an arc between two electrodes, used as a spotlight, searchlight, etc.
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- arciform — shaped like an arch
- armagnac — Armagnac is a type of brandy made in south-west France.
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- armorica — an ancient name for Brittany
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ascidium — part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
- ascomata — a fruiting body that bears asci.
- aseismic — denoting a region free of earthquakes
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- atamasco — relating to an American lily of the genus Zephyranthes
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.