8-letter words containing a, s, c, o, m
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isogamic — isogamous
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- mac os x — (operating system) /mak oss ten/ Version 10 of the Macintosh Operating System, based on FreeBSD unlike prevoius versions. Apple released the kernel of Mac OS X Server as "darwin", under an open source license. Mac OS X incldues a code framework called the "Core Foundation" and an "Application Kit" framework for GUI and widgets strongly derived from NEXTSTEP.
- macarons — Plural form of macaron.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- mammocks — Plural form of mammock.
- masaccio — (Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- mascaron — mask (def 11).
- mashloch — (Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- megacosm — (obsolete) A macrocosm.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mistcoat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- mosaical — of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- osmotica — Plural form of osmoticum.
- racemose — Botany. having the form of a raceme. arranged in racemes.
- racemous — racemose.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine
- scotsman — a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- semicoma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- simoniac — a person who practices simony.
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stomachs — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- stomatic — pertaining to the mouth.