8-letter words containing r, i, m
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drumming — The act of beating a drum.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- emailers — Plural form of emailer.
- embitter — Cause (someone) to feel bitter or resentful.
- embodier — One who embodies.
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- emerging — Becoming prominent; newly formed; emergent; rising.
- emeritus — (of the former holder of an office, esp. a college professor) Having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor.
- emersion — The process or state of emerging from or being out of water after being submerged.
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- emigrate — Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- emirates — Plural form of emirate.
- emissary — A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
- emitters — Plural form of emitter.
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- emperish — to damage or harm
- emperize — to act like an emperor over
- empierce — to pierce or cut
- empirics — Plural form of empiric.
- emporium — A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.
- emprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emprise.
- emptiers — Plural form of emptier.
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- enormity — The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- entryism — the policy or practice of members of a particular political group joining an existing political party with the intention of changing its principles and policies, instead of forming a new party
- epigrams — Plural form of epigram.
- epimeric — Of or pertaining to an epimer.
- episperm — (botany) The outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant.
- eremetic — Of or pertaining to eremites, reclusive, isolated.
- eremital — of, or relating to, an eremite
- eremites — Plural form of eremite.
- eremitic — Characteristic of a hermit.
- erethism — Excessive sensitivity or rapid reaction to stimulation of a part of the body, especially the sexual organs.
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- eryngium — (botany) Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
- etherism — an addiction to ether
- eumerism — a biologic collection of similar parts
- europium — The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in color television screens.
- examiner — A person whose job is to inspect something; an inspector.
- excimers — Plural form of excimer.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.