8-letter words containing s, i, m, a, n
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- 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.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- magnesia — ancient name of Manisa.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- mailings — Plural form of mailing.
- mainmast — the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- mainsail — the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- manakins — Plural form of manakin.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manikins — Plural form of manikin.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- manjusri — a Bodhisattva personifying wisdom.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- mansions — Plural form of mansion.
- mantises — Plural form of mantis.
- mantissa — Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm. Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- manumits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manumit.
- manutius — Aldus [awl-duh s,, al-] /ˈɔl dəs,, ˈæl-/ (Show IPA), (Teobaldo Mannucci or Manuzio) 1450–1515, Italian printer and classical scholar.
- mappings — Plural form of mapping.
- marianas — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- martinis — Plural form of martini.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- maskings — Plural form of masking.
- masoning — Present participle of mason.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.