8-letter words containing m
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- alkermes — a Mediterranean liqueur made from brandy flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, and colored red with kermes or cochineal.
- all-time — You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- allemand — Misspelling of allemande.
- allmouth — angler (def 3).
- allodium — lands held in absolute ownership, free from such obligations as rent or services due to an overlord
- allogamy — cross-fertilization in flowering plants
- allomone — a chemical substance secreted externally by certain animals, such as insects, affecting the behaviour or physiology of another species detrimentally
- allosome — A sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, or behaviour.
- allow me — Some people say 'Allow me' as a polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- allozyme — any one of a number of different structural forms of the same enzyme coded for by a different allele
- alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- alma-ata — Almaty
- almagest — a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue
- almanack — Alternative spelling of almanac.
- almanacs — Plural form of almanac.
- almemars — bimah.
- almighty — The Almighty is another name for God. You can also refer to Almighty God.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- almohade — a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction against the corrupt Almoravides and who ruled Spain and all Maghrib from about 1147 to after 1213
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- altamaha — a river in SE Georgia, formed by the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers and flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- 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.
- aluminic — of or relating to aluminium
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amabelle — a female given name.
- amadavat — avadavat.
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amaduvad — Alternative form of avadavat.
- amakhosi — Plural form of inkhosi.
- amalgams — Plural form of amalgam.
- amalthea — a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goats' milk
- amandine — a protein found in almonds
- amanitin — a poison secreted by mushrooms of the genus Amanita
- 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)
- amassing — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- amatoxin — Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
- amazedly — in an amazed manner