8-letter words containing i, m, e
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primness — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
- prizeman — a man who wins a prize
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promisee — a person to whom a promise is made.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- psellism — Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- pumplike — resembling a pump
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- quietism — a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- racemism — (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- racemoid — racemic
- ragtimer — a person who plays ragtime music
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- ramillie — a wig with a long plait at the back, fashionable in the 18th century
- ramses i — 1324?–1258 b.c, king of ancient Egypt.
- rat mite — a widespread tropical mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) of the same order (Parasitiformes) as ticks: it is carried by rats and can cause skin inflammations or transmit typhus to human beings by its bite
- re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- re-claim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- re-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reaffirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- recamier — Madame (Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard) 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
- recommit — to commit again.
- red mist — a feeling of extreme anger that clouds one's judgment temporarily
- refugium — an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regiment — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- reillume — to relight or to light up again
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- reinform — to inform again or anew
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- relumine — to relume.
- remained — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- remargin — to provide additional cash or collateral to a broker in order to keep secure stock bought on margin.
- remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- remedied — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- remiform — shaped like an oar.
- remigate — to row