8-letter words containing m, o, r, t, a
- 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.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- monastir — Bitola
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- montaria — a Brazilian canoe made of a single piece of timber
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- moon rat — a ratlike SE Asian nocturnal mammal, Echinosorex gymnurus, with greyish fur and an elongated snout: family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs): the largest living insectivore
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mortally — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- mortared — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
- mortgage — the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- mortuary — funeral home.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorcar — Chiefly British. an automobile.
- motorial — (biology) motor.
- motorman — a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- motorola — Motorola, Inc.
- motorway — an expressway.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- 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.
- onstream — Being produced.
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmast — to provide (a ship) with a mast that is too tall or heavy
- overtame — too tame
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- 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.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance