8-letter words containing n, a, m, h
- malthene — petrolene.
- man-hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manasseh — the first son of Joseph. Gen. 41:51.
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- mannheim — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1947, German sociologist.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- maranhao — a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). Capital: São Luiz.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- marchman — a person living on the border territories
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matthean — of or relating to the Gospel of Matthew or the traditions contained in it.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- menarche — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- menhaden — any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- menthane — (organic compound) Any of a number of isomeric saturated cyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- monaghan — a county in the NE Republic of Ireland. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km). County seat: Monaghan.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- naismith — James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- naumachy — naumachia.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nonhuman — not human.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.