8-letter words containing e, d, m
- amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
- amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- angeldom — The world of angels.
- animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- ashmedai — (tool) A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
- asmodeus — (in Jewish demonology) prince of the demons
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- azoimide — hydrazoic acid.
- b-method — (programming, tool) A system for rigorous or formal development of software using the notion of Abstract Machines to specify and design software systems. The B-Method is supported by the B-Toolkit. Abstract Machines are specified using the Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) which is in turn based on the mathematical theory of Generalised Substitutions.
- babeldom — a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel
- bad time — inopportune moment
- bandmate — a fellow member of a band
- bandsmen — Plural form of bandsman.
- bdellium — any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedframe — the framework of a bed
- bedimmed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedim.
- bedimple — to form dimples in
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- bedmaker — a person who constructs beds
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- begombed — smudged and sticky; soiled, usually with sticky residue.
- begrimed — dirty
- begummed — to smear, soil, clog, etc., with or as if with gum or a gummy substance.
- belmondo — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pol). born 1933, French film actor
- bemadden — to cause to become mad
- bemoaned — to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
- bemuddle — to confuse
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- benumbed — made numb; very cold
- beplumed — decorated with feathers
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- besmudge — to blacken
- birdlime — a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
- blokedom — the state of being a bloke
- blue mud — a deep-sea sediment of fine silt and clay that derives its bluish color from organic material and iron sulfide.
- bodement — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
- bondsmen — a person who by bond becomes surety for another.
- brambled — any prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
- brideman — a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.