8-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorial — (biology) motor.
- 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.
- 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.
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- racemoid — racemic
- radioman — a person who operates a radio.
- raimondi — Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- ramiform — having the form of a branch; branchlike.
- raniform — resembling a frog, froglike
- riobamba — a city in central Ecuador in the Andes, near the Chimborazo volcano.
- roarming — severe
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- romanian — a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rosarium — a rose garden.
- roumania — Romania.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- 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.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
- taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
- timariot — one holding a fief or piece of land in feudal Turkey from the 14th to the 17th centuries
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.