8-letter words containing a, m, i, l
- monomial — Algebra. consisting of one term only. (of a matrix) having exactly one non-zero term in each row and each column.
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- montilla — a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
- moonsail — a small sail carried high on the mast above the skysail
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- mosaical — of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorial — (biology) motor.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- mufulira — a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- multicar — involving several cars
- multiday — lasting for more than one day
- muralism — an artistic movement identified chiefly with the Mexican painters José Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros and exemplified by their grand-scale, narrative murals on humanitarian, social, and political themes.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- myalgias — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- nasalism — the tendency to pronounce sounds nasally
- natalism — Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of childbearing.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- 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).
- nirmalin — one of a group of Sikh ascetics devoted to the study of sacred writings.
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nonclaim — Failure to make a legal claim.
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- oil meal — oil cake ground into small particles for livestock feed.
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- old maid — Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.