8-letter words containing m, e, t, a
- gregatim — in flocks or crowds
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- hame tug — a loop or short leather strap attaching a trace to a hame.
- hamewith — in a homewards manner
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hamsters — Plural form of hamster.
- hamulate — Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
- hatmaker — a maker of hats
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- 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.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- imitated — Simple past tense and past participle of imitate.
- imitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imitate.
- immanent — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immantle — to cover with a mantle
- immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immolate — to sacrifice.
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impanate — (of the body of Christ) contained in the bread of the Eucharist
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- initgame — (games) /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An IRC version of the venerable trivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next. As a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example, MAAR means "Male, American, Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame can be surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- intermat — a patch of seabed devoid of vegetation
- intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- irrumate — To practice irrumation; to insert the penis violently into another's mouth.
- islamite — a Muslim.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.