8-letter words containing m, o, n, h
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- man-hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- maranhao — a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). Capital: São Luiz.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- mcintosh — a variety of red apple that ripens in early autumn.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- 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.
- midmonth — the middle of the month
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- monaghan — a county in the NE Republic of Ireland. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km). County seat: Monaghan.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monkfish — angler (def 3).
- monkhood — the condition or profession of a monk.
- monmouth — James Scott, Duke of, 1649–85, illegitimate son of Charles II of England and pretender to the throne of James II.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- monoheme — (biochemistry) A single heme group in a hemoprotein.
- monohull — (of a vessel) having a single hull.
- monolith — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- monomyth — (mythology) a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
- monteith — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- mooching — Present participle of mooch.
- moonfish — Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
- moonshee — a native interpreter or language instructor.
- moonship — a lunar module
- moonshot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- 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).
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- 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.
- nihonium — a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced. Symbol: Nh; atomic no: 113; atomic wt: 286
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nonhuman — not human.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonohmic — of or pertaining to that which does not obey Ohm's law
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- northumb — Northumberland
- not much — very little
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.