8-letter words containing i, m, e
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- muniment — muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murexide — a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 N 6 O 6 , having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- museveni — Yoweri Kaguta [yohwer-ee kah-goo-tah] /ˈyoʊwɛr i kɑˈgu tɑ/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Ugandan politician: president 1986-.
- mushiest — resembling mush; pulpy.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicker — a musician
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- mutative — to change; alter.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- mutineer — a person who mutinies.
- mutinied — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- mutinies — Plural form of mutiny.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- mycelium — the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.
- mycetism — poisoning due to mushrooms.
- myelitis — inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- mystique — a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- nebulium — a hypothetical element once thought to be present in emission nebulae because of certain unidentified spectral lines, now known to be forbidden transitions of oxygen and nitrogen ions.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- neomycin — an antibiotic produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces fradiae, administered orally or locally, used chiefly for skin, urinary tract, and eye infections and as a surgical antiseptic.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- new-mint — to mint or coin afresh.
- ngaliema — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- niemeyer — Oscar, 1907–2012, Brazilian architect.
- niflheim — a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age.
- nijmegen — a city in the E Netherlands, on the Waal River: peace treaty 1678.
- nim tree — neem (def 2).
- nimblest — Superlative form of nimble.
- nimbuses — Plural form of nimbus.
- nimwegen — German name of Nijmegen.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.