8-letter words containing m, a, n, s
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nerdgasm — a feeling of intense excitement felt by someone considered to be a nerd, esp. when caused by something relating to his or her leisure interests such as a new piece of technology, computer game, science fiction film, etc.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- nmr scan — a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.
- no-mates — designating a person with no friends
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- norseman — Northman.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- onstream — Being produced.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- ottomans — Plural form of ottoman.
- oversman — an overseer
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- phantasm — an apparition or specter.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- raftsman — a person who manages or is employed on a raft.
- rampsman — a mugger; violent robber
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- saintism — the practices and principles of the Puritans
- salesman — a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- samantha — a female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”.
- samarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- sameness — the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- samnitis — a poisonous plant
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand