8-letter words containing e, m, a, n, t
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- magnetar — A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- magneto- — indicating magnetism or magnetic properties
- magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- malthene — petrolene.
- manatees — Plural form of manatee.
- mandated — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- maneater — Alternative spelling of man-eater.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- mantegna — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver.
- mantelet — a short mantle.
- mantinea — an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
- mantises — Plural form of mantis.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- martinez — a town in W California.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- massenet — Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matfelon — knapweed
- matinees — Plural form of matinee.
- matiness — sociable; friendly: a matey chat.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- matthean — of or relating to the Gospel of Matthew or the traditions contained in it.
- meantime — the intervening time: The party is Tuesday, but in the meantime I have to shop and prepare the food.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- menthane — (organic compound) Any of a number of isomeric saturated cyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons.