8-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- 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.
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- migrator — (computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- monastir — Bitola
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- 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
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mortally — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- mortared — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
- mortgage — the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- mortuary — funeral home.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorcar — Chiefly British. an automobile.
- motorial — (biology) motor.