8-letter words containing i, n, m
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- liminoid — (anthropology) Having characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
- limiting — serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
- limnaeid — any snail of the family Limnaeidae
- limnetic — pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- limonene — a liquid terpene, C 40 H 16 , occurring in two optically different forms, the dextrorotatory form being present in the essential oils of lemon, orange, etc., and the levorotatory form in Douglas fir needle oil.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- limonoid — Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- limpkins — Plural form of limpkin.
- limpness — lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linesmen — Plural form of linesman.
- liniment — a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- linoleum — a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
- lippmann — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- luminism — a style of landscape painting practiced by some mid-19th-century American artists, especially of the Hudson River School, that emphasized meticulously crafted realism and a technically precise rendering of atmosphere and of the effects produced by direct and reflected light.
- luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- macaroni — small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- machinal — Of, or pertaining to machines.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- mackinac — Straits of, a strait between the peninsulas of Upper Michigan and Lower Michigan, connecting lakes Huron and Michigan.
- mackinaw — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- macminix — (operating system) The Macintosh version of MINIX.
- macneice — Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- madaline — A structure of many ADALINE units.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- madeline — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- maenadic — (Greek mythology) Of, or pertaining to the maenad.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- magainin — any of a series of related substances with antibacterial properties, derived from the skins of frogs
- magazine — a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
- magendie — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1783–1855, French physiologist.
- magician — an entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; conjurer.
- magnesia — ancient name of Manisa.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- magnific — magnificent; imposing.
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.