8-letter words containing m, o, r, s
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- morrison — Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
- 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.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- morwongs — Plural form of morwong.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- motorise — Alternative spelling of motorize.
- motorist — a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mudrooms — Plural form of mudroom.
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- nemorous — (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- newsroom — a room in the offices of a newspaper, news service, or broadcasting organization in which the news is processed.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- norseman — Northman.
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- omicrons — Plural form of omicron.
- on drums — playing drums
- oneirism — (rare) Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess.
- onstream — Being produced.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- oversman — an overseer
- overswim — to swim across
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- pisiform — having the shape of a pea; pea-shaped.
- postform — to remould or reshape plastic after reheating
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- premorse — having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.