8-letter words containing m, i, c, h
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- merchild — a mythical creature with the upper body of a child and the lower body of a fish
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- michelin — André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles
- michelle — a female given name.
- michener — (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- micromho — one millionth of a mho or siemens
- midwatch — middle watch.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- mitching — Present participle of mitch.
- mithraic — of Mithras or Mithraism
- mitscher — Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- mizrachi — a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.
- mooching — Present participle of mooch.
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- munching — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- munchkin — a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- nonohmic — of or pertaining to that which does not obey Ohm's law
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- phimotic — constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
- phonemic — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- pichurim — a Brazilian laurel tree
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- pochismo — an English word or expression borrowed into Spanish; a Spanish word showing U.S. influence.
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.