8-letter words containing am
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- amusable — capable of being amused
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amygdala — an almond-shaped part, such as a tonsil or a lobe of the cerebellum
- amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
- amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
- amylases — Plural form of amylase.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- amythaon — the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.
- anagrams — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anamonic — A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a \"stem\" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
- annamese — of or relating to Annam
- annamite — of or relating to Vietnam or its inhabitants.
- antietam — a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated
- antigram — One of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings.
- antispam — intended to block unsolicited e-mails
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- aramaean — of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria)
- aramburu — Pedro Eugenio [pe-th raw e-oo-he-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ˌɛ uˈhɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–70, president of Argentina 1955–58.
- arc lamp — a lamp in which brilliant light is produced by maintaining an arc between two electrodes, used as a spotlight, searchlight, etc.
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
- assamese — the state language of Assam, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Bengali
- atamasco — relating to an American lily of the genus Zephyranthes
- atrament — a liquid substance that is black in colour
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- autogamy — self-fertilization in flowering plants
- b-sample — a urine or blood sample used in doping tests in professional sports to confirm or invalidate the presence of banned substances in the first sample, the A-sample
- bahamian — Bahamian means belonging or relating to the Bahamas or to its people or culture.
- balarama — the elder brother of Krishna and an incarnation of Vishnu.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- bar game — any game or contest that takes place in a pub
- barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- beam sea — a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- bedframe — the framework of a bed
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- belamour — a beloved person
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- benjamin — the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:16–18; 42:4)
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit