8-letter words containing n, e, m, a
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- limacine — pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- limnaeid — any snail of the family Limnaeidae
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- macanese — a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- macarena — (often initial capital letter) a dance performed in a group line or solo and following a rhythmic pattern of arm, hand, and hip movements in time to a Spanish song.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- macneice — Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- mad keen — If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
- madaline — A structure of many ADALINE units.
- maddened — Simple past tense and past participle of madden.
- madelene — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- madeline — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- maeander — ancient name of the Menderes (def 2).
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- maenadic — (Greek mythology) Of, or pertaining to the maenad.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- magangue — a city in NW Colombia.
- magazine — a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
- magdalen — the, Mary Magdalene.
- magelang — a city on central Java, in Indonesia.
- magellan — Ferdinand, c1480–1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521.
- magendie — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1783–1855, French physiologist.
- magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- magnesia — ancient name of Manisa.
- magnetar — A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- magneto- — indicating magnetism or magnetic properties
- magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- mainline — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- malegaon — a city in NW Maharashtra state in W India.
- maleness — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.