8-letter words containing m, a, u, s, o
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- oogamous — one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- racemous — racemose.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosarium — a rose garden.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- squamous — covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- unfamous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.