8-letter words containing m, o, t, r
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- memorist — a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- mentmore — a mansion in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire: built by Sir Joseph Paxton in the 19th century for the Rothschild family; now owned by the Maharishi University of Natural Law
- mentored — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mentoree — One being mentored.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microbot — A small mobile robot equipped with a microcontroller.
- microdot — a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- microjet — a light jet-propelled aircraft
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- midstory — the layer of vegetation in a forest that consists of those trees whose height is in between the heights of the smallest and tallest trees
- migrator — (computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
- milkwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- 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.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- mistutor — to teach badly or wrongly
- miswrote — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- mobsters — Plural form of mobster.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- molester — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- monastir — Bitola
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monitors — Plural form of monitor.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- monitrix — (archaic) A female monitor; a monitress.
- 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.