8-letter words containing m, e, i, t
- pediment — (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- 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
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
- pimentón — smoked chilli powder
- pimiento — the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- pipestem — the stem of a tobacco pipe.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- prelimit — to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- quietism — a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- ragtimer — a person who plays ragtime music
- rat mite — a widespread tropical mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) of the same order (Parasitiformes) as ticks: it is carried by rats and can cause skin inflammations or transmit typhus to human beings by its bite
- re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- recommit — to commit again.
- red mist — a feeling of extreme anger that clouds one's judgment temporarily
- regiment — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- remigate — to row
- remittal — a remission.
- remitted — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- remittee — a person or company to which a remittance is made.
- remitter — Law. the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one. the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- remotion — the act of removing; removal.
- resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- retiform — netlike; reticulate.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rimester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- 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.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run time — 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. run-time support.
- sea mist — a mist over or from the sea.
- sediment — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.