8-letter words containing t, m
- cumulant — (mathematics) Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form.
- cumulate — to accumulate
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- custumal — a customary.
- cut time — alla breve
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- cytosome — the body of a cell excluding its nucleus
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- damastes — Procrustes.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dartmoor — a moorland plateau in SW England, in SW Devon: a national park since 1951. Area: 945 sq km (365 sq miles)
- datagram — a self-contained unit of data transmitted in a packet-switched network
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- decommit — to withdraw from a commitment or agreed course of action
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- deemster — the title of one of the two justices in the Isle of Man
- deepmost — most deep; deepest
- deermeat — Alternative spelling of deer meat.
- delimits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit.
- demarket — to discourage consumers from buying (a particular product), either because it is faulty or because it could jeopardize the seller's reputation
- demented — Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- dementis — an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- dementor — Evil and fearsome creature.
- demerits — Plural form of demerit.
- demisted — Simple past tense and past participle of demist.
- demister — A demister is the same as a defogger.
- demitint — (arts) That part of a painting, engraving, etc. which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
- demitted — to put in or send to a lower place.
- demivolt — a half turn on the hind legs
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- desmitis — inflammation of a ligament.
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- diamante — Diamante jewellery is made from small pieces of cut glass which look like diamonds.