8-letter words containing a, m, i, n, t
- nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- numantia — an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- palmitin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- pointman — soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- saintism — the practices and principles of the Puritans
- samnitis — a poisonous plant
- satanism — the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- somniate — to dream
- staminal — of or relating to stamina or endurance.
- stamini- — stamen
- stasimon — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- stillman — a man who is employed to operate a still
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- talisman — a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
- tamarind — the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
- tasmania — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- thiamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- titanism — revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- titanium — a dark-gray or silvery, lustrous, very hard, light, corrosion-resistant, metallic element, occurring combined in various minerals: used in metallurgy to remove oxygen and nitrogen from steel and to toughen it. Symbol: Ti; atomic weight: 47.90; atomic number: 22; specific gravity: 4.5 at 20°C.
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- trailman — trailsman.
- trainman — a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- tramline — a streetcar system.
- tramming — trammel (def 3).
- tramping — the act of tramping.
- transmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.