8-letter words containing n, e, t, m
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
- pimentón — smoked chilli powder
- pimiento — the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- recement — any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- regiment — Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- remanent — remaining; left behind.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- remotion — the act of removing; removal.
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run time — 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see time-sharing). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to compile-time or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. run-time support.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- sediment — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semblant — semblance
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn
- semitone — a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- set menu — a complete meal in a restaurant or café for a stated price with a limited number of options to choose from for each course; it is usually cheaper than ordering dishes individually from the à la carte menu
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smoothen — to make or become smooth
- snowmelt — water from snow that is melting or has melted.
- somniate — to dream
- sortment — an assortment or classification
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- stemming — Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.