8-letter words containing a, m, o, t
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- nematoad — Misspelling of nematode.
- nematode — any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- no-mates — designating a person with no friends
- nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonmetal — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- noonmeat — (rare, archaic) A midday meal (especially including meat).
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- odontoma — a tumour involving the teeth or the tissue that surrounds or produces teeth
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- ommateum — compound eye.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- onstream — Being produced.
- oogamete — one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- optimate — a Roman aristocrat
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- osmotica — Plural form of osmoticum.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostomate — A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
- ottomans — Plural form of ottoman.
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outgleam — to gleam more than
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overtame — too tame
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- photomap — a mosaic of aerial photographs marked as a map, with grid lines, place-names, etc.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.