8-letter words containing a, s, m
- barrooms — Plural form of barroom.
- base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- 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:
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- bathmats — Plural form of bathmat.
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- beam sea — a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- bedesman — beadsman
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- bensalem — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 58,000
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- binarism — the state of being binary
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bit mask — (programming) A pattern of binary values which is combined with some value using bitwise AND with the result that bits in the value in positions where the mask is zero are also set to zero. For example, if, in C, we want to test if bits 0 or 2 of x are set, we can write int mask = 5; /* binary 101 */ if (x & mask) ... A bit mask might also be used to set certain bits using bitwise OR, or to invert them using bitwise exclusive OR.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- blastoma — a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- boatsman — boatman.
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- burramys — the very rare mountain pigmy possum, Burramys parvus, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat and restricted in habitat to very high altitudes, mainly Mt Hotham, Victoria. Until 1966 it was known only as a fossil
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- camassia — Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.