8-letter words containing i, m, e
- aphetism — The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable. For example, see squire.
- apomixes — Plural form of apomixis.
- apterium — a bare patch on the skin of a bird between the feathered pterylae
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- armenian — a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- armitage — Simon (Robert). born 1963, British poet and writer, whose collections include Zoom! (1989), Killing Time (1999), and Universal Home Doctor (2002)
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armorize — to equip with armor or other protective devices: to armorize a car with bulletproof glass.
- aseismic — denoting a region free of earthquakes
- 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.
- aspermia — the failure to form or emit semen
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- at times — You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments.
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomise.
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- atomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomize.
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automize — To automate or automatize.
- aviemore — a winter sports resort in Scotland, in Moray between the Monadhliath and Cairngorm Mountains. Pop: 2397 (2001)
- axilemma — the membrane surrounding the axon of a nerve fiber.
- azoimide — hydrazoic acid.
- azotemia — the accumulation of nitrogenous substances in the blood, resulting from failure of the kidneys to remove them
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- bad time — inopportune moment
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- bdellium — any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- bedimmed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedim.
- bedimple — to form dimples in
- begrimed — dirty
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- bemingle — to mingle
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- benjamin — the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:16–18; 42:4)
- bepimple — form pimples on
- berimbau — a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive