8-letter words containing m, o, r, a
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
- camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- car-bomb — a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.
- cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- caschrom — a wooden hand-plough used to till the ground in the northwest of Scotland
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorer — Alternative spelling of clamourer.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- coadmire — to admire together
- coatroom — A coatroom is the same as a coat check.
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- combater — One who combats.
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
- compadre — a male friend
- compared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- comparer — One who, or that which, compares.
- compares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.
- comparsa — a song and folk dance of Cuba.
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament