8-letter words containing man
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- huntsman — the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- idea man — a person who is capable of and responsible for providing original ideas.
- illimani — a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near La Paz. 21,188 feet (6458 meters).
- immanant — (linear algebra) A function or property of a matrix, defined as a generalization of the concepts of determinant and permanent.
- immanent — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immantle — to cover with a mantle
- immanuel — the name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often represented in Christian exegesis as being Jesus Christ. Isa. 7:14.
- indiaman — (formerly) a large merchant ship engaged in trade with India
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iron man — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- islesman — an islander
- java man — the fossil remains of Homo erectus found in Java.
- katmandu — a city in and the capital of Nepal, in the central part.
- kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
- klansman — a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- lamantin — The manatee.
- landsman — Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leaseman — a person who leases land and obtains the rights to its use, especially oil-drilling rights.
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- lippmann — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- macmanus — Seumas [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- main man — one's best and most trusted male friend.
- man cave — a room or other area in a home that is primarily a male sanctuary, designed and furnished to accommodate the man's recreational activities, hobbies, etc.: The basement is my husband's man cave—during football season, you can usually find him down there watching the game with his buddies on the big-screen TV.
- man jack — a single individual (in the phrases every man jack, no man jack)
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- man page — Unix manual page