8-letter words containing m, a, n
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gownsman — a person who wears a gown indicating office, profession, or status.
- gramadan — the practice advocated by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in which village landowners in India transfer the title to and the management of their property to a village assembly that represents the interests of all the villagers.
- grampian — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grandame — a grandmother.
- grandams — Plural form of grandam.
- grandmas — Plural form of grandma.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grantham — a town in E England, in Lincolnshire: birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. Pop: 34 592 (2001)
- grassman — Hermann Günther [her-mahn gyn-tuh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈgün tər/ (Show IPA), 1809–77, German mathematician and linguist.
- gravamen — the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
- gum band — a rubber band.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunwoman — A female gunman.
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handmade — made by hand, rather than by machine: the luxury of handmade shoes.
- handmaid — something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
- handmill — A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handyman — a person hired to do various small jobs, especially in the maintenance of an apartment building, office building, or the like.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- hanumans — Plural form of hanuman.
- harmalin — chemical derived from harmala
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harriman — Edward Henry, 1848–1909, U.S. financier and railroad magnate.
- hartmann — (Karl Robert) Eduard von [kahrl roh-buh rt ey-doo-ahrt fuh n] /kɑrl ˈroʊ bərt ˈeɪ duˌɑrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1842–1906, German philosopher.
- headsman — a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
- headsmen — Plural form of headsman.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- henchman — an unscrupulous and ruthless subordinate, especially a criminal: The leader of the gang went everywhere accompanied by his henchmen.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- hermaean — denoting or relating to a herm
- herrmann — Bernard, 1911–75, U.S. conductor and composer.
- hexamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 12 N 4 , used as a vulcanization accelerator, an absorbent in gas masks, in the manufacture of the explosive RDX and synthetic resins, and in medicine as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.
- hielaman — an Australian Aboriginal shield
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.