8-letter words containing i, a, m
- clamming — Present participle of clam.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- climatal — of or relating to climate.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- climatic — Climatic conditions, changes, and effects relate to the general weather conditions of a place.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- coadmire — to admire together
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- cocamide — A mixture of amides of the fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, used in many surfactants.
- codomain — the set of values that a function is allowed to take
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colombia — a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- 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
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- comitial — an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- commital — Alternative form of committal.
- compania — company.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- conarium — the pineal gland
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- cramming — intensive study, esp in order to pass an exam
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- cramping — cramp iron.
- creamier — Comparative form of creamy.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creampie — Alternative spelling of cream pie.
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.