8-letter words containing m, l, t
- 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.
- fat lamb — a lamb bred for its tender meat, esp for export trade
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- femality — Femaleness.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- filiment — Misspelling of filament.
- film set — to photocompose.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- flameout — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flatform — A type of shoe with a flat, platform sole.
- flatmate — A person who shares a flat (apartment) with others.
- flatworm — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth.
- flextime — a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
- flotsams — Plural form of flotsam.
- folkmoot — (formerly, in England) a general assembly of the people of a shire, town, etc.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fulltime — Alternative form of full-time.
- gimleted — Simple past tense and past participle of gimlet.
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halmstad — a seaport in SW Sweden.
- halutzim — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- hamulate — Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
- helmeted — Having or wearing a helmet, or looking like wearing a helmet.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- helpmeet — helpmate.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homilist — a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- hoteldom — The world or sphere of hotels.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- ileotomy — (surgery) cutting into the ileum; ileostomy.
- ilmenite — a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- immantle — to cover with a mantle
- immolate — to sacrifice.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- immotile — not able to move; not motile.
- implants — Plural form of implant.
- implicit — implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
- impolite — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- islamist — Muslim traditionalist