8-letter words containing n, o, m, r
- monitrix — (archaic) A female monitor; a monitress.
- monobrow — a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them: He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.
- monocarp — a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- monogerm — having or coming from a seed that will only develop into a single plant
- monogram — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
- monomark — a series of letters or figures to identify goods, personal articles, etc
- monomers — Plural form of monomer.
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- monoreme — (nautical) A galley with a single row of oars on each side.
- monrovia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- 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.
- monsters — Plural form of monster.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- montaria — a Brazilian canoe made of a single piece of timber
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montfort — Simon de [see-mawn duh] /siˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), c1160–1218, French leader of the crusade against the Albigenses.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- montrose — James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- moon rat — a ratlike SE Asian nocturnal mammal, Echinosorex gymnurus, with greyish fur and an elongated snout: family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs): the largest living insectivore
- moonport — a place from which flights leave for the moon
- moonrise — the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- moonrock — a sample of lunar material.
- moonroof — a transparent section of an automobile roof that can be propped open, removed entirely, or remain fixed within the roof.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moonwort — any fern of the genus Botrychium, especially B. lunaria, a rare fern having fronds with crescent-shaped leaflets.
- moorburn — the practice of burning off old growth on a heather moor to encourage new growth for grazing
- moorings — the act of a person or thing that moors.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- moreness — the state of being greater than something else, greatness
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- moroccan — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- moronism — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.