8-letter words containing m, o, n, t
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoon — (zoology) One of the Metazoa.
- 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.
- metonomy — Misspelling of metonymy.
- metonyms — Plural form of metonym.
- metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- midmonth — the middle of the month
- midpoint — a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line: the midpoint of a boundary.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- miltonic — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- minamoto — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- mind out — to be careful or pay attention
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minimoto — a reduced-size replica racing motorcycle powered by a two-stroke petrol engine and used for racing
- minorite — Friar Minor.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- mirliton — kazoo.
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- mispoint — (transitive) To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
- mitogens — Plural form of mitogen.
- moistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moisten.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- moltenly — in a molten or liquefied manner
- momently — with every moment; from moment to moment.
- momentos — memento.
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- monastir — Bitola
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monetise — to legalize as money.
- monetize — to legalize as money.
- monistic — Philosophy. (in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a). (in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- monition — Literary. admonition or warning.
- monitive — admonishing or advisory
- monitors — Plural form of monitor.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- monitrix — (archaic) A female monitor; a monitress.
- 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.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.