8-letter words containing i, m, a, o
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- malleoli — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mammonic — Of, or pertaining to, Mammons.
- mandingo — a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- mandioca — cassava.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- maniform — shaped like a hand.
- 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.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- mansions — Plural form of mansion.
- mao suit — an outfit worn in the People's Republic of China consisting of a Mao jacket and loose trousers.
- marciano — Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- marenzio — Luca (ˈluːka). 1553–99, Italian composer of madrigals
- marianao — a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- maricopa — a member of a North American Indian people of south-central Arizona.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marjorie — a feminine name
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- 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.
- maroquin — morocco leather
- martinon — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- masaccio — (Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- 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.
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- maxicoat — a long coat extending to the ankle
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- memnonia — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- miao-yao — a family of languages, affiliated with Kam-Tai, spoken in southern China and Southeast Asia.
- miasmous — miasmal
- microamp — One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as \u00b5A.
- microbar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to one millionth of a bar; one dyne per square centimeter.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microcap — (US, finance) The stock of a public company with a market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less.