8-letter words containing m, e, i, t, h
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- memphite — Also, Memphitic [mem-fit-ik] /mɛmˈfɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- meredith — George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- might've — Might've is the usual spoken form of 'might have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- mightest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of may.
- mightier — having, characterized by, or showing superior power or strength: mighty rulers.
- mighties — Plural form of mighty.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- misthrew — Simple past form of misthrow.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- mithered — Simple past tense and past participle of mither.
- mitscher — Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- monteith — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- mothlike — Resembling a moth or some aspect of one.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- mushiest — resembling mush; pulpy.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- shemitic — a Semite.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tehillim — the Book of Psalms.
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
- the maid — Joan of Arc
- the smit — an infection
- thematic — of or relating to a theme.
- theremin — a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thermite — a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.
- thiamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- trichome — Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- urheimat — the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
- vietminh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.