8-letter words containing m, o, i, r
- informix — A relational DBMS vendor.
- intercom — an intercommunication system.
- intromit — to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- iodoform — a yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, CHI 3 , analogous to chloroform, and having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- iron man — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- isocryme — a line on a map connecting points that have the same temperature during the coldest period of a year
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- isomeric — of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- isometry — equality of measure.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jim crow — racial segregation
- jim-crow — favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- koromiko — a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- lifeform — Any specific living organism.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lord jim — a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.
- lorimers — Plural form of lorimer.
- lyriform — shaped like a lyre.
- macaroni — small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- macrotia — (medicine) Abnormal development of the auricle of the ear.
- maggiore — Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mailroom — Also, mail room. a room used for handling incoming and outgoing mail, as in a large organization.
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- majoring — a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- maniform — shaped like a hand.
- 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.
- marciano — Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- marenzio — Luca (ˈluːka). 1553–99, Italian composer of madrigals
- marianao — a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- maricopa — a member of a North American Indian people of south-central Arizona.
- 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.
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marjorie — a feminine name
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.