8-letter words containing c, i, m, a
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- anamonic — A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a \"stem\" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- animalic — relating to animals
- animatic — an initial edition or forerunner of a film, often a commercial, which contains a sequence of storyboard shots accompanied by a soundtrack
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- apurimac — a river in S Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Urubamba River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- arciform — shaped like an arch
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- armorica — an ancient name for Brittany
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ascidium — part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
- aseismic — denoting a region free of earthquakes
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- caimacam — a Turkish governor of a sanjak
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- calamari — Calamari is squid that has been prepared for eating, usually by cutting it into rings, dipping it in a mixture of flour, milk and eggs, and frying it.
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- cam-pier — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).