8-letter words containing i, m, e
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- dolomite — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- domelike — Resembling a dome.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- domineer — Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- dreamier — Comparative form of dreamy.
- dreamily — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- economic — of or relating to the science of economics.
- ecumenic — Ecumenical.
- edmund i — a.d. 921?–946, English king 940–946.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- egomania — Obsessive egotism or self-centeredness.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- el misti — a volcano in S Peru, in the Andes. Height: 5852 m (19 199 ft)
- elitedom — The realm or sphere of the elite.
- emaciate — (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- emailers — Plural form of emailer.
- emailing — Present participle of email.
- embitter — Cause (someone) to feel bitter or resentful.
- embodied — Be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).
- embodier — One who embodies.
- embodies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embody.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.