8-letter words containing o, a, m
- amourous — Alternative form of amorous.
- amphipod — any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca
- amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- amrinone — a potent substance, C 10 H 9 N 3 O, used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- amythaon — the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- anamonic — A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a \"stem\" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- anemious — (of a plant) Growing in exposed windy places.
- anemones — Plural form of anemone.
- anemosis — spacing between the annual rings in wood that is caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- angeldom — The world of angels.
- angiomas — Plural form of angioma.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anonymal — (rare) Anonymous.
- anoxemia — a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antiatom — an atom of antimatter.
- antimony — a toxic metallic element that exists in two allotropic forms and occurs principally in stibnite. The stable form is a brittle silvery-white crystalline metal that is added to alloys to increase their strength and hardness and is used in semiconductors. Symbol: Sb; atomic no: 51; atomic wt: 121.757; valency: 0, –3, +3, or +5; relative density: 6.691; melting pt: 630.76°C; boiling pt: 1587°C
- antimuon — the antiparticle of a muon
- antinome — a thing that contradicts or is contrary to another, an opposite
- antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
- antonymy — the semantic relationship between words that have opposite meanings
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- apomixes — Plural form of apomixis.
- apomixis — (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place
- apothegm — a short, pithy saying (Ex.: “Brevity is the soul of wit”)
- aquiform — Resembling water; watery, liquid.
- arciform — shaped like an arch
- argemone — any of various plants of the genus Argemone of the family Papaveraceae, which are native to the Americas, have large white or yellow flowers and are covered in prickles
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- armorers — Plural form of armorer.
- armorial — of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
- armorica — an ancient name for Brittany