8-letter words containing i, m, a, o
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- mosaical — of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics.
- moshavim — Plural form of moshav.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorial — (biology) motor.
- mountain — heap of sth
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- myokymia — twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- nonclaim — Failure to make a legal claim.
- nonimage — That which is not an image.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- oil meal — oil cake ground into small particles for livestock feed.
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- old maid — Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.