8-letter words containing m, e, t, a
- amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- amputees — Plural form of amputee.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- animater — animator
- animates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate.
- annamite — of or relating to Vietnam or its inhabitants.
- ansermet — Ernest (ɛrnɛst). 1883–1969, Swiss orchestral conductor; principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthemia — an ornament of floral forms in a flat radiating cluster, as in architectural decoration, vase painting, etc.
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- antietam — a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated
- antimale — opposed to men
- antimere — a part or organ of a bilaterally or radially symmetrical organism that corresponds to a similar structure on the other side of the axis, such as the right or left limb of a four-legged animal
- antimine — designed to counteract landmines
- antinome — a thing that contradicts or is contrary to another, an opposite
- aphetism — The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable. For example, see squire.
- apothegm — a short, pithy saying (Ex.: “Brevity is the soul of wit”)
- apterium — a bare patch on the skin of a bird between the feathered pterylae
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
- armature — a revolving structure in an electric motor or generator, wound with the coils that carry the current
- armitage — Simon (Robert). born 1963, British poet and writer, whose collections include Zoom! (1989), Killing Time (1999), and Universal Home Doctor (2002)
- armrests — Plural form of armrest.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- at times — You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments.
- atemoyas — Plural form of atemoya.
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- atheroma — a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomise.
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- atomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomize.
- atrament — a liquid substance that is black in colour
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- attemper — to modify by blending; temper
- attempts — An act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed.
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.