8-letter words containing a, m, i
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amakhosi — Plural form of inkhosi.
- amandine — a protein found in almonds
- amanitin — a poison secreted by mushrooms of the genus Amanita
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amarillo — an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)
- amassing — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- amatoxin — Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
- amazonia — the land around the Amazon river
- amazonis — an area on the equator of Mars.
- amberina — a characteristic of a type of glassware known for its blended colours, containing amber at the base merging into red higher up the piece
- amberite — a powder made of guncotton, barium nitrate, and paraffin, which does not produce any smoke when ignited
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- ambiance — the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
- ambident — (chemistry) Describing a molecule or group that has two alternative and interacting reaction sites, to either of which a bond may be made during a reaction.
- ambience — The ambience of a place is the character and atmosphere that it seems to have.
- ambiente — atmosphere; ambiance.
- ambients — Plural form of ambient.
- ambigram — A design that may be read as the same word, name or phrase (or sometimes two different words, names or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- ambivert — a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- ameiosis — the absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
- amending — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amicably — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amicheme — Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- amidated — to convert into an amide.
- amidmost — in the middle or centre
- amidogen — a compound radical, NH2, derived from ammonia
- amidship — in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- amikacin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic, C 22 H 45 N 5 O 13 , used in the treatment of infections, especially those caused by susceptible Gram-negative bacilli.
- amimeche — Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- aminated — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amissing — missing
- amission — (obsolete) deprivation; loss.
- amitabha — (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universe
- amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
- amitotic — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- ammanati — Bartolommeo [bahr-taw-lawm-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔmˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–92, Italian architect and sculptor.
- ammianus — Marcellinus [mahr-suh-lahy-nuh s] /ˌmɑr səˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c325–c398, Roman historian.