8-letter words containing m
- acosmism — a belief that no world distinct from God exists
- acosmist — someone who believes that no world distinct from God exists
- acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
- acromial — relating to the acromion
- acromion — the outermost edge of the spine of the shoulder blade
- acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
- acrotism — an absence of pulse
- actinism — that property of ultraviolet light, X-rays, or other radiations, by which chemical changes are produced
- actinium — a radioactive element of the actinide series, occurring as a decay product of uranium. It is used as an alpha-particle source and in neutron production. Symbol: Ac; atomic no: 89; half-life of most stable isotope,227Ac: 21.6 years; relative density: 10.07; melting pt: 1051°C; boiling pt: 3200 ± 300°C
- activism — Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
- ad litem — (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit
- ad vitam — for life.
- ad vivum — to that which is alive.
- ad&d — In the U.S., AD&D is a type of insurance that provides payment if an accident causes death or loss of a limb, eyesight, or hearing.
- adamance — a state of resoluteness
- adamancy — a state of resoluteness
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- addendum — An addendum is an additional section at the end of a book or document.
- addiment — (immunology,archaic) synonym of complement.
- adenomas — Plural form of adenoma.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- admirals — Plural form of admiral.
- admirers — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- admiring — An admiring expression shows that you like or respect someone or something.
- admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- admitter — a person who admits or something which admits
- admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- adumbral — shadowy
- adynamia — loss of vital power or strength, esp as the result of illness; weakness or debility
- adynamic — Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
- aecidium — an aecium
- aerarium — the state treasury in ancient Rome.
- aeriform — having the form of air; gaseous
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aerobomb — a bomb dropped from an aircraft
- aerogram — an airmail letter written on a single sheet of lightweight paper that folds and is sealed to form an envelope
- aeronomy — the science of the earth's upper atmosphere
- affirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- affirmer — One who affirms.
- afikoman — Alternative spelling of afikomen.
- afikomen — a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
- agathism — The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
- age-mate — a person or animal of the same age, or nearly the same age, as another
- agemates — Plural form of agemate.
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- ageratum — any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
- aglimmer — glimmering