8-letter words containing m, e, c
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- racemate — a salt or ester of racemic acid.
- racemism — (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- racemoid — racemic
- racemose — Botany. having the form of a raceme. arranged in racemes.
- racemous — racemose.
- re-claim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- rec room — a recreation room.
- recamier — Madame (Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard) 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
- recement — any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- recommit — to commit again.
- reremice — a bat.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rock elm — an elm, Ulmus thomasii, of eastern North America, having deeply furrowed, grayish-brown bark.
- romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- schellum — a person or an animal that is a rascal or villain
- schemata — a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- scheme84 — Scheme from Indiana University. It requires Franz Lisp on a VAX under VMS or BSD. E-mail: Nancy Garrett <[email protected]>. Send a tape with return postage to Scheme84 Distribution, Nancy Garrett, c/o Dan Friedman, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Telephone: +1 (812) 335 9770.
- scheme88 — ftp://nexus.yorku.ca/pub/scheme/.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schimmel — a roan-coloured horse
- schirmer — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1829–93, born in Germany, and his sons Rudolph Edward, 1859–1919, and Gustave, 1864–1907, U.S. music publishers.
- schmatte — an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
- schmooze — to chat idly; gossip.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- screamed — to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
- screamer — a person or thing that screams.
- scrimper — a person who scrimps
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scumless — without scum
- secundum — according to
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semicoma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semiotic — of or relating to signs.
- semitics — a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.