8-letter words containing m, o, n, r
- 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).
- morrison — Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
- 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.
- morwongs — Plural form of morwong.
- motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
- motoring — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motorman — a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- motormen — Plural form of motorman.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mournful — Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- nanogram — one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
- 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.
- nemorous — (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
- newsroom — a room in the offices of a newspaper, news service, or broadcasting organization in which the news is processed.
- 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.
- no-trump — (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nomogram — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
- nonagram — A geometric figure which resembles a pentagram except that it has nine points instead of five.
- noncrime — an incident that is not considered to be against the law
- nonmajor — not related to or counting towards a specialist subject or course
- nonmetro — Nonmetropolitan.
- nonmoral — having no relation to morality; neither moral nor immoral: It was a completely nonmoral problem and involved only judgments as to efficacy.
- nontrump — (of a playing card) not of the trump suit
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normande — a breed of cattle originating in Normandy
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- normcore — a fashion style or way of dressing characterized by ordinary, plain clothing with no designer names, often a reaction against trendy fashion.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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.
- norseman — Northman.
- 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
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.