8-letter words containing a, n, l, e, m
- emendals — funds put aside for repairs
- emmanuel — a masculine name: dim. Manny; var. Emanuel, Immanuel, Manuel
- empanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empanel.
- enameled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of enamel.
- enameler — A person who applies enamel, especially a craftsman who applies decorative enamel.
- ensample — (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- filename — an identifying name given to an electronically stored computer file, conforming to limitations imposed by the operating system, as in length or restricted choice of characters.
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- galenism — the medical system or principles of Galen.
- gamelans — Plural form of gamelan.
- gavelman — a gavelkind tenant
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- gleaming — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- gloveman — fielder.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- hielaman — an Australian Aboriginal shield
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- homeland — one's native land.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- immantle — to cover with a mantle
- immanuel — the name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often represented in Christian exegesis as being Jesus Christ. Isa. 7:14.
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- islesman — an islander
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lameness — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
- lamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- lamenter — One who laments.
- lamentin — Alternative form of lamantin.
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- landmine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- laomedon — a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.
- leaseman — a person who leases land and obtains the rights to its use, especially oil-drilling rights.
- lemonade — a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.