8-letter words containing r, a, m, e
- medullar — Medullary.
- meerkats — Plural form of meerkat.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- megafirm — A very large firm.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- megastar — A very famous person, especially in the world of entertainment.
- meleager — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek epigrammatist.
- 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.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- menander — 342?–291 b.c, Greek writer of comedies.
- menarche — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mens rea — a criminal intent.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- menswear — men's wear.
- 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.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- 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
- mericarp — one of the carpels of a schizocarp.
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- mermaids — Plural form of mermaid.
- merodach — Marduk.
- merrimac — a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.
- merryman — a jester or zany
- mersalyl — a salt of sodium, C13H16HgNNaO6, which was formerly used as a diuretic
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- mesaraic — (anatomy) mesenteric.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- messager — One who sends a message.
- metacard — A commercial human interface and hypertext system for Unix and the X Window System, similar to Hypercard.
- metairie — an area of land held under the metayage system
- metaller — (music, informal) One who listens to metal music.
- metamere — a somite.
- metamers — a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meterage — the practice of measuring; measurement.
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune
- micellar — Physical Chemistry. an electrically charged particle formed by an aggregate of molecules and occurring in certain colloidal electrolyte solutions, as those of soaps and detergents.
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.