8-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- ismailia — a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isogamic — isogamous
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- isonomia — Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- james ii — 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).
- james iv — 1473–1513, king of Scotland (1488–1513); he invaded England (1496) in support of Perkin Warbeck; he was killed at Flodden
- james vi — James I.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- kalimbas — Plural form of kalimba.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- keramics — ceramics.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- kiasuism — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lamister — lamster.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- limassol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- limmasol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- macarise — congratulate
- macarism — Happiness as a result of praise.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maderise — become reddish