8-letter words containing m, o, e, n
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marooner — a person, often a fugitive, who lives in a remote area and survives as a hunter or buccaneer
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- matfelon — knapweed
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- mcgovern — George (Stanley) 1922–2012, U.S. politician: Democratic presidential candidate 1972, senator 1963–81.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- meconium — the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- meionite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- melodeon — a small reed organ.
- melodion — a small reed organ.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- mementos — an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- memnonia — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- menology — a calendar of the months.
- menomini — Menominee.
- menopome — the hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mentions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mention.
- mentmore — a mansion in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire: built by Sir Joseph Paxton in the 19th century for the Rothschild family; now owned by the Maharishi University of Natural Law
- mentored — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mentoree — One being mentored.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- meronymy — (semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- merwomen — Plural form of merwoman.
- mesodont — having medium-sized teeth.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- mesozoan — any member of the phylum Mesozoa.
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoon — (zoology) One of the Metazoa.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- metonomy — Misspelling of metonymy.
- metonyms — Plural form of metonym.
- metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- mezereon — a shrub, Daphne mezereum, native to Eurasia, having clusters of fragrant purplish flowers.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- mignonne — small and delicate.
- milelong — extending for a mile: a milelong beach.