8-letter words containing a, s, m, o
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- marsport — a spoilsport
- 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.
- masonary — Misspelling of masonry.
- masoning — Present participle of mason.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- mayoress — a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- megacosm — (obsolete) A macrocosm.
- megadose — a dose many times the usual amount, as of a vitamin or drug.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mesoglea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- mesosoma — (zoology) The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
- mesozoan — any member of the phylum Mesozoa.
- metasoma — the posterior part of an arachnid's abdomen (opisthosoma) that never carries appendages
- miasmous — miasmal
- miradors — Plural form of mirador.
- misallot — to allot wrongly
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- misogamy — hatred of marriage.
- missoula — a city in W Montana.
- 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.
- modalise — Alternative spelling of modalize.
- modalism — a Christian doctrine that states that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one being exhibited in three different ways rather than three separate entities
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- mohallas — Plural form of mohalla.
- molasses — a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.