8-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- charisma — You say that someone has charisma when they can attract, influence, and inspire people by their personal qualities.
- charisms — Plural form of charism.
- chartism — the principles of the reform movement in Britain from 1838 to 1848, which included manhood suffrage, payment of Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, voting by ballot, and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chiasmas — Plural form of chiasma.
- chiasmic — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- daimones — disembodied souls
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- damassin — a patterned damask usually with a floral design
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- diagrams — Plural form of diagram.
- diamonds — one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- digicams — Plural form of digicam.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.