8-letter words containing a, l, r, m, i
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- lacrimal — lachrymal (defs 1–3).
- lamister — lamster.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- lararium — (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- lemaitre — Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- limitary — of, relating to, or serving as a limit.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mail car — a railroad car for carrying mail.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
- maillart — Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1872–1940, Swiss engineer.
- mailroom — Also, mail room. a room used for handling incoming and outgoing mail, as in a large organization.
- malarial — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malarian — (dated) Relating to malaria; malarial.
- malibran — Maria Felicita [Spanish mah-ree-ah fe-lee-thee-tah] /Spanish mɑˈri ɑ ˌfɛ liˈθi tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1808–36, Spanish opera singer, born in France.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- mamillar — resembling a breast or nipple
- manderil — A mandrel.
- 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.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- marichal — Juan, born 1937, U.S. baseball pitcher, born in the Dominican Republic.
- 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.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marlitic — having the nature of marlite
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- martiall — Obsolete spelling of martial.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- matralia — an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- maxillar — Maxillary.
- measlier — Comparative form of measly.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.