8-letter words containing a, d, m, i, r
- modiolar — relating to the modiolus
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- mridanga — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- myriadth — constituting a very small part of a thing
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- racemoid — racemic
- radioman — a person who operates a radio.
- radium a — a substance, formed by decay of radon, that gives rise to radium B.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- radium f — an isotope of polonium: polonium 210.
- raimondi — Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- ram disk — (operating system, storage) A memory-resident program which mimics a hard disk drive. It uses part of computer's RAM to store data which can be accessed as files. Unlike a real disk drive, this drive forgets all stored data when the computer is turned off.
- ram-raid — A ram-raid is the crime of using a car to drive into and break a shop window in order to steal things from the shop.
- re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- remained — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- sim card — Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.
- sudarium — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- tamarind — the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- tidemark — the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above: He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.
- timecard — a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- vladimir — Saint. Also, Vladimir I, Wladimir. (Vladimir the Great) a.d. c956–1015, first Christian grand prince of Russia 980–1015.
- windfarm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
- wladimir — Vladimir.
- zamindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
- zemindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.