8-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- baathism — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- baha'ísm — a modern religion, developed originally in Iran from Babism, that stresses principles of universal brotherhood, social equality, etc.
- bailsman — someone who stands bail for another
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- baptisms — Plural form of baptism.
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- binarism — the state of being binary
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bit mask — (programming) A pattern of binary values which is combined with some value using bitwise AND with the result that bits in the value in positions where the mask is zero are also set to zero. For example, if, in C, we want to test if bits 0 or 2 of x are set, we can write int mask = 5; /* binary 101 */ if (x & mask) ... A bit mask might also be used to set certain bits using bitwise OR, or to invert them using bitwise exclusive OR.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- camelish — similar to a camel
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- casimere — cassimere
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- chamisal — a thicket or overgrowth of chamiso