8-letter words containing n, e, m, a
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- megaband — (music, informal) A particularly successful band.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- melamine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 3 N 3 (NH 2) 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of resins, especially melamine resins.
- melanian — a freshwater mollusc of the former family Melaniidae. The Melaniidae family is now separated into the Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, and Melanopsidae families.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
- memnonia — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- menander — 342?–291 b.c, Greek writer of comedies.
- menarche — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- 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.
- menially — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mens rea — a criminal intent.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- menswear — men's wear.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- menthane — (organic compound) Any of a number of isomeric saturated cyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- meresman — a man who decides on the exact boundaries of a parish, etc
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- merryman — a jester or zany