8-letter words containing a, h, m
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- 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.
- arythmia — Alternative spelling of arrhythmia.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- asharism — the classical synthesis of Islamic philosophical theology, formulated by al-Ashʿari.
- ashmedai — (tool) A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- atheroma — a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow
- audhumla — a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.
- automath — One who is self-taught; an autodidact.
- azimuths — Plural form of azimuth.
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- baathism — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- bag moth — a moth, the larvae of which develop in bags or cases
- baha'ísm — a modern religion, developed originally in Iran from Babism, that stresses principles of universal brotherhood, social equality, etc.
- bahamian — Bahamian means belonging or relating to the Bahamas or to its people or culture.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- bath mat — a mat or washable rug used to stand on when entering or leaving a bath.
- bathmats — Plural form of bathmat.
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- brahmana — any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas
- brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- cam ranh — a port in SE Vietnam: large natural harbour, used at times as a naval base by French, Japanese, US, and Russian forces successively. Pop: 147 000 (2006 est)
- camelish — similar to a camel
- campeche — a state of SE Mexico, on the SW of the Yucatán peninsula: forestry and fishing. Capital: Campeche. Pop: 205 000 (2005 est). Area: 56 114 sq km (21 666 sq miles)
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphire — henna
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- camshaft — A camshaft is a rod in an engine and works to change circular motion into motion up and down or from side to side.
- camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts