8-letter words containing h, a, m, i
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- mannheim — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1947, German sociologist.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- mariachi — pertaining to traditional Mexican dance music, usually played by a small band of strolling musicians dressed in native costumes.
- marichal — Juan, born 1937, U.S. baseball pitcher, born in the Dominican Republic.
- marishes — a marsh.
- mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
- mashiach — the messiah
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mathesis — learning or wisdom, esp of a mathematical nature
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- matthias — a disciple chosen to take the place of Judas Iscariot as one of the apostles. Acts 1:23–26.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megillah — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- messiahs — Plural form of messiah.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- misfaith — Lack of faith; distrust.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishear.
- mishigas — Craziness; silliness; tomfoolery; nonsense.
- mishmash — a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mithraic — of Mithras or Mithraism
- mizrachi — a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- moshavim — Plural form of moshav.
- mujtahid — a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- myriadth — constituting a very small part of a thing
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- naismith — James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah