8-letter words containing a, m, o, t
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- metallo- — denoting metal
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metasoma — the posterior part of an arachnid's abdomen (opisthosoma) that never carries appendages
- metazoal — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- metazoon — (zoology) One of the Metazoa.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- migrator — (computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- minamoto — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- 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.
- misallot — to allot wrongly
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- mistcoat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- mmabatho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa, consisting of several landlocked areas, along the NE part: granted independence in 1977 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,988 sq. mi. (44,000 sq. km). Capital: Mmabatho.
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- modality — the quality or state of being modal.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- molality — the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.