8-letter words containing a, m, i
- aglimmer — glimmering
- agminate — gathered or clustered together
- agnomina — Plural form of agnomen.
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- ahmadiya — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- ahmose i — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- aimfully — in an aimful manner
- air mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- air mass — a large body of air having characteristics of temperature, moisture, and pressure that are approximately uniform horizontally
- air mile — nautical mile
- air miss — a situation in which two aircraft pass very close to one another in the air; near miss
- air pump — a device for pumping air in or out of something
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airframe — the body of an aircraft, excluding its engines
- airmails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail.
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- alamanni — a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- alamiqui — almique (def 3).
- alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albarium — a stucco used in ancient times, made from powdered marble and lime mortar and often polished.
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumina — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alcimede — the mother of Jason.
- aldimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR.
- aldoxime — an oxime formed by reaction between hydroxylamine and an aldehyde
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- alemanni — a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- aliakmon — a river in N Greece. 200 miles (322 km) long: longest river in Greece.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- all-time — You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- allodium — lands held in absolute ownership, free from such obligations as rent or services due to an overlord
- alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- almighty — The Almighty is another name for God. You can also refer to Almighty God.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- aluminic — of or relating to aluminium