8-letter words containing c, u, o, m
- mercosur — a trading block composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- microbus — minibus.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- misfocus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- molecule — Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- molluscs — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- 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)
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- muchacho — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young man.
- muciform — Resembling mucus.
- mucinoid — any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- muck out — clear out: animal's living quarters
- muckworm — (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- musculo- — muscle, muscle and
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise
- not much — very little
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- nuoc mam — a fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- ocmulgee — a river in NW Georgia, flowing SE to join the Oconee River and form the Altamaha River. 255 miles (410 km) long.
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- oncidium — any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- outcomes — Plural form of outcome.
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- overmuch — If something happens overmuch, it happens too much or very much.
- posticum — epinaos.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- qualcomm — (company) A California-based technology company; their primary product is the OMNITRACS tractor-trailer-tracking system. They also develop the free and commercial versions of Eudora for Macintosh and IBM PC.
- racemous — racemose.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum