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8-letter words containing m, o, i, r

  • moribund — in a dying state; near death.
  • mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.
  • mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
  • moronism — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
  • moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
  • morosity — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
  • morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
  • morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
  • morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
  • morrison — Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
  • mortific — causing death
  • mortimer — Roger de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), 8th Baron of Wigmore [wig-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈwɪgˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr/ (Show IPA), and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
  • mortised — a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
  • mortises — Plural form of mortise.
  • mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
  • mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
  • motelier — a person running or owning a motel or motel chain
  • motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
  • motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
  • motorial — (biology) motor.
  • motoring — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
  • motorise — Alternative spelling of motorize.
  • motorist — a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
  • motorium — the area of the brain or nervous system involved in movement
  • motorize — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
  • mouchoir — a handkerchief.
  • mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
  • moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
  • mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
  • mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
  • muciform — Resembling mucus.
  • muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
  • muriform — (of cells, spores, etc) having a regular arrangement, as bricks in a wall
  • 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.
  • myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
  • 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.
  • negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
  • nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
  • noncrime — an incident that is not considered to be against the law
  • normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
  • normoxic — (medicine) Having a normal oxygen concentration; typically 20-21% in the atmosphere, or 2-3% in physiological contexts.
  • nubiform — cloud-like
  • nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
  • ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
  • oil drum — a metal drum used to contain or transport oil
  • oldtimer — An elderly person.
  • oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
  • omicrons — Plural form of omicron.
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