8-letter words containing m, a, l, e, i
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- ngaliema — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- oil meal — oil cake ground into small particles for livestock feed.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- palmiped — a web-footed bird
- palmlike — resembling a palm
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- pessimal — /pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- ramillie — a wig with a long plait at the back, fashionable in the 18th century
- re-claim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- remittal — a remission.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- sea mile — nautical mile.
- seamlike — like or resembling a seam
- selamlik — the portion of a Turkish palace or house reserved for men.
- semibald — partly bald
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smaltite — a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- talktime — the amount of time for which a subscriber can use a mobile-phone network
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- time lag — A time lag is a fairly long interval of time between one event and another related event that happens after it.
- time-lag — the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect: a time-lag between the declaration of war and full war production.
- tramline — a streetcar system.
- trilemma — a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives: His trilemma consisted in not knowing whether to acknowledge receipt, deny it, or simply leave.
- ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- unmailed — not sent by post
- velarium — an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
- wailsome — wailful.
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.