8-letter words containing m, r
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airframe — the body of an aircraft, excluding its engines
- airmails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail.
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- akkerman — former name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albarium — a stucco used in ancient times, made from powdered marble and lime mortar and often polished.
- alburnum — sapwood
- alderman — In some parts of the United States and Canada, an alderman is a member of the governing body of a city.
- aldermen — Plural form of alderman.
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alhambra — a citadel and palace in Granada, Spain, built for the Moorish kings during the 13th and 14th centuries: noted for its rich ornamentation
- alkermes — a Mediterranean liqueur made from brandy flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, and colored red with kermes or cochineal.
- almemars — bimah.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amaracus — a genus of herbaceous plant with fragrant flowers
- amaranth — an imaginary flower that never fades
- amarelle — a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juice
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amarillo — an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- ambedkar — Bhimrao Ramji [beem-rou rahm-jee] /ˈbim raʊ ˈrɑm dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1893–1956, Indian politician and jurist.
- amberina — a characteristic of a type of glassware known for its blended colours, containing amber at the base merging into red higher up the piece
- amberite — a powder made of guncotton, barium nitrate, and paraffin, which does not produce any smoke when ignited
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- amberous — of, relating to or resembling amber
- ambigram — A design that may be read as the same word, name or phrase (or sometimes two different words, names or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.
- ambivert — a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- ambrette — abelmosk.
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- ambusher — One who ambushes.
- ameerate — a country ruled by an ameer; an emirate
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds