8-letter words containing a, i, n, e
- mitnaged — an orthodox opponent of Chassidism
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- mondaine — a woman who moves in fashionable society
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- naartjie — (South Africa) Citrus reticulata, (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- nail bed — the dermis and epidermis under a fingernail or toenail.
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nailfile — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
- nailhead — the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
- nainsell — own self
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- narceine — a narcotic alkaloid, C 2 3 H 2 7 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- nartjies — Plural form of nartjie.
- nasalise — Alternative spelling of nasalize.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- nastiest — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- nathalie — a female given name.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nazirite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- nearctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- nearside — (British) the left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle.
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- neo-nazi — a person who belongs to a political organization whose beliefs are inspired by or reminiscent of Nazism.
- neorican — a Puerto Rican living in New York or one who has lived in New York and returned to Puerto Rico.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- ngaliema — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- nice and — pleasingly
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- nigerian — a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- nitrated — Reacted, or treated with nitric acid or a nitrate.
- nitrates — Plural form of nitrate.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.