8-letter words containing m, i, n, a
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- inimical — adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- initgame — (games) /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An IRC version of the venerable trivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next. As a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example, MAAR means "Male, American, Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame can be surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- innatism — (philosophy) The view that the mind is born with certain ideas or knowledge, as opposed to the idea of the
- inseamed — Simple past tense and past participle of inseam.
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- intermat — a patch of seabed devoid of vegetation
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron man — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- isangoma — Alternative form of sangoma.
- isanomal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- islesman — an islander
- isonomia — Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- jamaican — of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kamaaina — a longtime resident of Hawaii.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- ketamine — a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- 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.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lamantin — The manatee.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambling — a small lamb
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- lamentin — Alternative form of lamantin.
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- landmine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.