8-letter words containing e, m, a, n
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campness — the quality of being camp
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canoeman — (chiefly, Canada, historical) A voyageur.
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chessman — any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- cinerama — wide-screen presentation of films using either three separate 35mm projectors or one 70mm projector to produce an image on a large deeply curved screen
- clansmen — Irregular plural form of clansman.
- classmen — Plural form of classman.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- codename — Alternative spelling of code name.
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- comaneci — Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast: gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games where she became the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10; defected to the US in 1989
- come and — to move towards a particular person or thing or accompany a person with some specified purpose
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- cragsmen — Plural form of cragsman.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- crumenal — a purse
- cumacean — any small malacostracan marine crustacean of the Cumacea family, mostly dwelling on the sea bed but sometimes found among the plankton
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- dagenham — part of the Greater London borough of Barking and Dagenham: engineering and chemicals
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dairymen — Plural form of dairyman.
- dalesman — a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England
- dalesmen — Plural form of dalesman.
- damasken — Alternative form of damascene.