8-letter words containing a, d, m, i
- mandingo — a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- mandinka — Malinke.
- mandioca — cassava.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandrill — a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manrider — a train used to carry miners into a coal mine
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- margined — Having a margin.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- marinade — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- me-media — a collective term for online services that allow a user to post his or her own content, such as blogs, photographs, personal profiles, etc, on the internet
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- medially — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- mediated — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- mediates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mediate.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- medicaid — a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicare — (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- mermaids — Plural form of mermaid.
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- midspace — an area between two celestial objects
- midwatch — middle watch.
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.