8-letter words that end in m
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- ladypalm — a type of small palm of the genus Rhapis, popularly grown as an indoor plant
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lararium — (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- laudanum — a tincture of opium.
- lavaform — in the form of lava
- law term — an expression or word used in law
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- leechdom — a remedy
- leg room — space to move one's legs
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leninism — the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- liegedom — the state of being a liege
- lifeform — Any specific living organism.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- linoleum — a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
- lip balm — salve for the lips
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lixivium — the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.
- lobbyism — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- lord jim — a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.
- low beam — an automobile headlight beam providing short-range illumination of a road and intended chiefly for use in driving on the streets of cities, towns, etc.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- luminism — a style of landscape painting practiced by some mid-19th-century American artists, especially of the Hudson River School, that emphasized meticulously crafted realism and a technically precise rendering of atmosphere and of the effects produced by direct and reflected light.
- lump sum — money: one-off payment
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lutecium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- lutetium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- lyricism — lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- lyriform — shaped like a lyre.
- macallum — an ice cream with raspberry sauce
- macarism — Happiness as a result of praise.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- maggidim — Plural form of maggid.
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee