8-letter words containing a, l, t, m
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- thalamic — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thalamus — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- the lamb — a title given to Christ in the New Testament
- thermals — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- thraldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- time lag — A time lag is a fairly long interval of time between one event and another related event that happens after it.
- time-lag — the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect: a time-lag between the declaration of war and full war production.
- to blame — If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they are responsible for causing it.
- tomalley — the liver of a lobster.
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- totalism — totalitarianism.
- trailman — trailsman.
- tramadol — an opioid analgesic, C 16 H 25 NO 2 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
- tramline — a streetcar system.
- trammels — hindrance to free action or movement
- trampled — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- trialism — the belief that man consists of body, soul, and spirit
- trilemma — a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives: His trilemma consisted in not knowing whether to acknowledge receipt, deny it, or simply leave.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- tympanal — pertaining to the middle ear or tympanic membrane.
- ultimacy — the state or quality of being ultimate.
- ultimata — a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
- ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- ultraism — extremism.
- umar tal — ?1797–1864, African religious and military leader, who created a Muslim empire in W Africa
- unmantle — to remove a mantle or similar covering from (someone or something)
- unmutual — having or pertaining to a form of corporate organization in which there are no stockholders, and in which profits, losses, expenses, etc., are shared by members in proportion to the business each transacts with the company: a mutual company. See also mutual insurance.
- vamplate — a metal plate mounted on a lance in front of the grip to protect the hand.
- vitalism — the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter
- voltaism — the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.
- zampolit — (historical) A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.