8-letter words containing m
- agminate — gathered or clustered together
- agnomina — Plural form of agnomen.
- agremens — amenities
- agrement — diplomatic approval of a country
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- ahemeral — not constituting a full 24-hour day
- ahmadiya — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- ahmose i — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- aimfully — in an aimful manner
- air mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- air mass — a large body of air having characteristics of temperature, moisture, and pressure that are approximately uniform horizontally
- air mile — nautical mile
- air miss — a situation in which two aircraft pass very close to one another in the air; near miss
- air pump — a device for pumping air in or out of something
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- 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.
- akeldama — Aceldama.
- akkerman — former name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- alamanni — a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- alamiqui — almique (def 3).
- 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.
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumina — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- albumose — any of a class of chemical compounds derived from albumins by the action of certain enzymes, as in digestion
- alburnum — sapwood
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alcimede — the mother of Jason.
- alcmaeon — a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- 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.
- aldimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR.
- aldoxime — an oxime formed by reaction between hydroxylamine and an aldehyde
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- alemanni — a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- 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
- aliakmon — a river in N Greece. 200 miles (322 km) long: longest river in Greece.