8-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- monomark — a series of letters or figures to identify goods, personal articles, etc
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- montaria — a Brazilian canoe made of a single piece of timber
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- moon rat — a ratlike SE Asian nocturnal mammal, Echinosorex gymnurus, with greyish fur and an elongated snout: family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs): the largest living insectivore
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- moroccan — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- motorman — a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- nanoacre — (unit, humour) /nan'oh-ay"kr/ A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI integrated circuit. VLSI nanoacres have costs in the same range as real acres once one allows for design and fabrication setup costs.
- nanogram — one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
- nanopore — A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane.
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- narbonne — a city in S France: an important port in Roman times.
- narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- naricorn — a horny sheath which protects the nostrils of certain birds
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- narrator — a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- narrower — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- navarino — a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- negators — Plural form of negator.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- negatron — Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neorican — a Puerto Rican living in New York or one who has lived in New York and returned to Puerto Rico.
- neuraxon — axon.