8-letter words containing a, m, e, s
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- nameless — having no name.
- namesake — a person named after another.
- nametags — Plural form of nametag.
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nerdgasm — a feeling of intense excitement felt by someone considered to be a nerd, esp. when caused by something relating to his or her leisure interests such as a new piece of technology, computer game, science fiction film, etc.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- no-mates — designating a person with no friends
- norseman — Northman.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- onstream — Being produced.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- ostomate — A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- oversman — an overseer
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- paramese — a note in ancient Greek music, the note above the mese
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- permease — any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.
- pessimal — /pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- psammite — any sandstone.
- racemism — (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- racemose — Botany. having the form of a raceme. arranged in racemes.
- racemous — racemose.
- ramses i — 1324?–1258 b.c, king of ancient Egypt.
- ramsgate — a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- rearmost — farthest in the rear; last.