8-letter words containing a, h, i, m, s
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- marishes — a marsh.
- mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
- mashiach — the messiah
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mathesis — learning or wisdom, esp of a mathematical nature
- matthias — a disciple chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot as one of the apostles. Acts 1:23–26.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- messiahs — Plural form of messiah.
- misfaith — Lack of faith; distrust.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishear.
- mishigas — Craziness; silliness; tomfoolery; nonsense.
- mishmash — a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- moshavim — Plural form of moshav.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- naismith — James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.