8-letter words containing a, t, m, o
- magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- mail out — If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
- mail-out — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- maillots — Plural form of maillot.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- maltworm — a heavy drinker
- mammoths — Plural form of mammoth.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- manitoba — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- mao suit — an outfit worn in the People's Republic of China consisting of a Mao jacket and loose trousers.
- map onto — to fit in with or correspond to
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- 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.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- marsport — a spoilsport
- martagon — A Eurasian lily.
- martello — Alternative form of Martello.
- martinon — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- 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.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- matelote — a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- matfelon — knapweed
- math-out — (Possibly from "white-out", the blizzard variety) A paper or presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation as to be incomprehensible. This may be a device for concealing the fact that it is actually content-free. See also numbers, social science number.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- maxicoat — a long coat extending to the ankle
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- meathook — A sharp metal hook of a kind used to hang meat carcasses.