8-letter words containing n, a, m, b
- byre-man — a man who raises or tends cows.
- cambrian — of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- damnable — You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- embanked — Simple past tense and past participle of embank.
- embanker — a person who makes an embankment
- emblazon — Conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.
- endameba — any of a genus (Endamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in invertebrates, as in the digestive tract of cockroaches and termites
- enjambed — (grammar, of two syntactic units) continued without a pause.
- entameba — any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates, esp. a species (E. histolytica) causing amoebic dysentery
- eximbank — a U.S. government agency that aids in the exporting of U.S. goods and services by making or guaranteeing loans to foreign buyers of U.S. exports
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gambling — any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- gum band — a rubber band.
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- jambolan — an evergreen tree of the Myrtaceae family that is native to southern Asia and which produces a fruit that is edible and which is also used in alternative medicine
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- 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.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambling — a small lamb
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- mainboom — the spar for the mainsail
- malibran — Maria Felicita [Spanish mah-ree-ah fe-lee-thee-tah] /Spanish mɑˈri ɑ ˌfɛ liˈθi tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1808–36, Spanish opera singer, born in France.
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- mandible — the bone of the lower jaw.
- mangabey — any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- maniable — (obsolete) manageable.
- manitoba — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- martaban — Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mbandaka — a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mbaqanga — a style of Black popular music of urban South Africa
- meanable — (mostly, philosophy) Capable of being meant.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- megaband — (music, informal) A particularly successful band.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)