8-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
- chamisal — a thicket or overgrowth of chamiso
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- cimbalom — a type of dulcimer, esp of Hungary
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- claimant — A claimant is someone who is receiving money from the state because they are unemployed or they are unable to work because they are ill.
- claiming — to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services.
- clamlike — any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clammily — In a clammy manner.
- clamming — Present participle of clam.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- climatal — of or relating to climate.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- climatic — Climatic conditions, changes, and effects relate to the general weather conditions of a place.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colombia — a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- comitial — an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- commital — Alternative form of committal.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dimmable — Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.