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8-letter words containing n, o, m, r

  • reniform — kidney-shaped: a reniform leaf; hematite in reniform masses.
  • renogram — a kidney scan monitoring the throughput by the kidney of a radioactive chemical injected into the bloodstream
  • repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
  • resummon — to summon again
  • retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
  • rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
  • richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
  • rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
  • ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
  • ringworm — any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
  • rio muni — the mainland province of Equatorial Guinea on the Guinea coast: formerly the mainland portion of Spanish Guinea. 10,040 sq. mi. (26,003 sq. km).
  • roarming — severe
  • romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
  • romanian — a native or inhabitant of Romania.
  • romanism — Roman Catholicism.
  • romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
  • romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
  • romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
  • romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
  • romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
  • rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
  • rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • roumania — Romania.
  • routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
  • run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
  • san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
  • sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
  • sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
  • shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
  • skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
  • sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
  • sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
  • sortment — an assortment or classification
  • spanworm — measuringworm.
  • storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
  • storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
  • stormont — a suburb of Belfast: site of Parliament House (1928–30), formerly the seat of the parliament of Northern Ireland (1922–72) and since 1998 of the Northern Ireland assembly, and Stormont Castle, formerly the residence of the prime minister of Northern Ireland and since 1998 the office of the province's first minister
  • summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
  • surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • swordman — swordsman.
  • syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
  • tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
  • taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
  • the morn — tomorrow
  • thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
  • thrombin — an enzyme of the blood plasma that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, the last step of the blood clotting process.
  • thurmond — (James) Strom [strom] /strɒm/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, U.S. politician.
  • timeworn — worn or impaired by time.
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