8-letter words containing a, d, m, i
- azoimide — hydrazoic acid.
- bad time — inopportune moment
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- birdfarm — a place where birds are kept
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- brideman — a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- ceramide — any of a class of biologically important compounds used as moisturizers in skin-care preparations
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- coadmire — to admire together
- cocamide — A mixture of amides of the fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, used in many surfactants.
- codomain — the set of values that a function is allowed to take
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimones — disembodied souls
- daimonic — daemon.
- dairyman — a man who works in a dairy or deals in dairy products
- dairymen — Plural form of dairyman.
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- damassin — a patterned damask usually with a floral design
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- 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.
- defaming — to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- demonian — of, relating to, or resembling a demon
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- diademed — Simple past tense and past participle of diadem.
- diagrams — Plural form of diagram.