8-letter words containing l, i, m, o
- 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.
- 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.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodion — a small reed organ.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- melodize — to make melodious.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- micro ml — (uML) An interpreter for a subset of SML. Runs on MS-DOS. Written at the University of Umea, Sweden.
- microlog — (architecture) A section of non-volitile memory used to record state information. Often used for retaining crash information after a reboot in embedded systems.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- miglitol — A particular oral antidiabetic drug.
- milelong — extending for a mile: a milelong beach.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milesimo — one thousandth
- milfoils — Plural form of milfoil.
- milk cow — a cow that is raised for its milk rather than for beef.
- milksops — Plural form of milksop.
- milkwood — any of various trees having a milky juice, as Pseudomedia spuria, of Jamaica.
- milkwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
- millimho — one thousandth of a mho
- milliohm — one thousandth of an ohm
- millions — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
- millwork — ready-made carpentry work from a mill.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- miltonic — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- milyukov — Pavel Nikolaevich [pah-vuh l nik-uh-lah-yuh-vich;; Russian pah-vyil nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈpɑ vəl ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, Russian statesman and historian.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- minneola — a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- miquelon — St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- mirliton — kazoo.
- misallot — to allot wrongly
- miscolor — to give a wrong color to.
- misenrol — to enrol inaccurately or wrongly
- misletoe — Archaic form of mistletoe.
- mislodge — to lodge or accommodate wrongly
- misology — distrust or hatred of reason or reasoning.
- missoula — a city in W Montana.