8-letter words containing m, i, s, t, a
- 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.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- cathisma — a short hymn used as a response
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- 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
- 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.
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- 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.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- emirates — Plural form of emirate.
- estimate — Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
- étatisme — the authoritarian control by the state
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- fanatism — Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- foamiest — Superlative form of foamy.
- giantism — Pathology. gigantism.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- imagists — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- imitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imitate.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- implants — Plural form of implant.
- innatism — (philosophy) The view that the mind is born with certain ideas or knowledge, as opposed to the idea of the
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- islamist — Muslim traditionalist
- islamite — a Muslim.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- lamister — lamster.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- maillots — Plural form of maillot.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- mainmast — the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.