8-letter words containing a, m, t
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonmetal — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- noonmeat — (rare, archaic) A midday meal (especially including meat).
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- numantia — an ancient city in N Spain: besieged and taken 134–133 b.c. by Scipio the Younger.
- numerate — to represent numbers by symbols.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- odontoma — a tumour involving the teeth or the tissue that surrounds or produces teeth
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- ommateum — compound eye.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- onstream — Being produced.
- oogamete — one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- optimate — a Roman aristocrat
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- osmotica — Plural form of osmoticum.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostomate — A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
- ottomans — Plural form of ottoman.
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outgleam — to gleam more than
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overtame — too tame
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmette — a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation. Compare anthemion, lotus (def 5).
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palmitic — of or derived from palmitic acid.
- 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.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- paramita — any of the practices prescribed for one aspiring to nirvana.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- pastrami — a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- patagium — a wing membrane, as of a bat.
- pathname — the sequence of symbols and names indicating the location of a particular file in a hierarchical file system.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pattamar — a courier; a person who delivers messages on foot