8-letter words containing n, a, m, t
- antigram — One of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings.
- antimale — opposed to men
- antimask — interlude in a masque
- antimere — a part or organ of a bilaterally or radially symmetrical organism that corresponds to a similar structure on the other side of the axis, such as the right or left limb of a four-legged animal
- antimine — designed to counteract landmines
- antimony — a toxic metallic element that exists in two allotropic forms and occurs principally in stibnite. The stable form is a brittle silvery-white crystalline metal that is added to alloys to increase their strength and hardness and is used in semiconductors. Symbol: Sb; atomic no: 51; atomic wt: 121.757; valency: 0, –3, +3, or +5; relative density: 6.691; melting pt: 630.76°C; boiling pt: 1587°C
- antimuon — the antiparticle of a muon
- antinome — a thing that contradicts or is contrary to another, an opposite
- antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antismut — opposed to or acting to prevent the circulation of obscene material
- antispam — intended to block unsolicited e-mails
- antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
- antonymy — the semantic relationship between words that have opposite meanings
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
- armgaunt — (of limbs) slender
- army ant — any of various mainly tropical American predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animals
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- atrament — a liquid substance that is black in colour
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- autonomy — Autonomy is the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being influenced by someone else or told what to do.
- autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
- autonymy — The use of a symbol as a name for itself.
- autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
- averment — the act of averring.
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bandmate — a fellow member of a band
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- batement — reduction; abatement
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batwoman — a female servant in any of the armed forces
- beat man — district man.
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- belt man — a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- betjeman — Sir John. 1906–84, English poet, noted for his nostalgic and humorous verse and essays and for his concern for the preservation of historic buildings, esp of the Victorian era. Poet laureate (1972–84)
- boatsman — boatman.
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- bramante — Donato (doˈnato). ?1444–1514, Italian architect and artist of the High Renaissance. He modelled his designs for domed centrally planned churches on classical Roman architecture
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- bultmann — Rudolf Karl. 1884–1976, German theologian, noted for his demythologizing approach to the New Testament
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canticum — a canticle
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.