8-letter words containing a, m, e, s
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- swimwear — clothing designed to be worn for swimming or at a beach.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.
- tameless — untamed or untamable.
- tameness — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
- teamster — a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- teasmade — an automatic tea-making machine
- temesvar — Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- testamur — a certificate proving an examination has been passed
- testatum — a part of a purchase deed
- thermals — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- 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 was — there was a time
- timepass — a way of passing the time
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tomatoes — any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- trammels — hindrance to free action or movement
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- trewsman — a Highlander
- unamused — pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- unmasked — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- upstream — toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- username — Also called login name, logon name, sign-in name, sign-on name. a unique sequence of characters used to identify a user and allow access to a computer system, computer network, or online account.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- verseman — a man who writes verse
- wailsome — wailful.
- wargames — (recreation) (Not "War Games") A 1983 film about a schoolboy cracker using a wardialer to try to break into a games company's computer and accidentally connecting to a backdoor into "Whopper", a ficticious C3 computer at Norad (USAF). He then procedes to unwittingly initiate global thermonuclear warfare. Playing naughts and crosses finally teaches Whopper that the only way to win the game is never to play.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- wealsman — a statesman
- weismann — August [ou-goo st] /ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1914, German biologist.
- welshman — a native or inhabitant of Wales.
- west ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- woomeras — Plural form of woomera.
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome