8-Letter Words Containing: A,M,S,E,L

• a young unmarried woman

• Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)

• a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss

• A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a representative form or pattern

• something to be imitated

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• an occurrence of something

• a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

• utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

• state or announce

• the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

• the decisive moment in a novel or play

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• the most severe stage of a disease

• arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

• end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage