8-letter words containing i, m, o, l, a
- immolate — to sacrifice.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- isanomal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lamp oil — kerosene.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- laodamia — a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
- limassol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- limmasol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.
- mail out — If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
- mail-out — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- mailbomb — Alternative form of mail bomb.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maillots — Plural form of maillot.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailroom — Also, mail room. a room used for handling incoming and outgoing mail, as in a large organization.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- maiolica — majolica.
- majolica — Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- malleoli — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- minneola — a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- misallot — to allot wrongly