8-letter words containing i, n, m
- messiaen — Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- messines — a village in W Belgium, near Ypres: battles 1914, 1917.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metering — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- meuniere — (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- michelin — André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles
- michener — (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- mid-noon — midday.
- mid-teen — of, relating to, or characteristic of a person 15–17 years old: specializing in mid-teen clothes.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- middling — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- midhinge — (statistics) A measure of location of a batch or sample equal to the average of the first and third quartiles. Equivalently, it is the 25% trimmed mid-range;.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- midlines — Plural form of midline.
- midmonth — the middle of the month
- midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- midpoint — a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line: the midpoint of a boundary.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- mightn't — Mightn't is a spoken form of 'might not'.
- mignonne — small and delicate.
- migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- migrants — Plural form of migrant.
- milanese — a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- mildened — Simple past tense and past participle of milden.
- mildness — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- milelong — extending for a mile: a milelong beach.
- milesian — a native of Miletus.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)
- milicent — a female given name.
- militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- militran — A discrete simulation system for military applications produced by the Sys Res Group at ONR in 1964.
- milk can — large metal container for milk
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- milkings — Plural form of milking.
- mill end — one of the finished edges of a roll of carpet or fabric.
- mill run — a quantity of ore whose quality or mineral content is tested by milling
- mill-run — coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.
- millburn — a township in NE New Jersey.
- millenia — Misspelling of millennia.
- milligan — Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000
- millikan — Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1923.
- milliner — a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.