8-letter words containing o, g, m
- mongrels — Plural form of mongrel.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- monogeny — the hypothetical descent of the human race from a single pair of individuals.
- monogerm — having or coming from a seed that will only develop into a single plant
- monoglot — knowing only one language; monolingual: monoglot travelers.
- 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.
- monogyny — the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
- monologs — Plural form of monolog.
- monology — the act or habit of soliloquizing.
- montaged — Simple past tense and past participle of montage.
- montages — Plural form of montage.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- mooching — Present participle of mooch.
- moon bag — a small bag worn on a belt, round the waist
- moon dog — paraselene.
- moon-dog — paraselene.
- moonglow — Moonlight.
- moorages — Plural form of moorage.
- moorings — the act of a person or thing that moors.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- morogoro — a city in E Tanzania.
- morology — Foolish talk; nonsense.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- mortgage — the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed.
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- morwongs — Plural form of morwong.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- moslings — shavings or pieces from an animal skin that is being prepared
- moss hag — an area, pit, or hole from which peat has been dug.
- motoring — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- mottling — to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- mounding — a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- mounting — A backing, setting, or support for something.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- mug shot — Also called headshot. an identifying photograph of a suspect or criminal, often one of a set showing a frontal view, a profile view, and a view of the back of the head.
- mugshots — Plural form of mugshot.
- mundungo — (in Spain) tripe
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- muskogee — a city in E Oklahoma.