8-letter words containing min
- minneola — a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- minnewit — Peter, Minuit, Peter.
- minorcan — of or relating to Minorca.
- minoring — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- minorite — Friar Minor.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- minshuku — a guesthouse
- minsters — Plural form of minster.
- minstrel — a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- mint tea — infusion of mint leaves
- mintages — Plural form of mintage.
- mintmark — a letter or other symbol on a coin that identifies the mint at which it was struck.
- minuends — Plural form of minuend.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- minutest — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minutiae — Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.
- minutial — having the nature of minutiae, or relating to minutiae
- minuting — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minyanim — Plural form of minyan.
- monomino — (geometry) The polyomino made up of one square.
- new-mint — to mint or coin afresh.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- nominees — Plural form of nominee.
- numinous — of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.
- octomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of eight squares.
- oncoming — approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
- overmine — to mine too much
- palomino — a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phorminx — an ancient Greek stringed musical instrument of the lyre family
- primming — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- qualming — the state of having a qualm
- relumine — to relume.
- reminded — to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something): Remind me to phone him tomorrow. That woman reminds me of my mother.
- reminder — a person or thing that serves to remind.
- renminbi — the currency of the People's Republic of China, the basic unit of which is the yuan.
- reremind — to remind again
- resuming — to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
- riminess — the state or quality of being rimy
- roarming — severe
- ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- scamming — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn