8-letter words containing o, l, a, m
- mamelons — Plural form of mamelon.
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- manarola — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- mangonel — (formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- manzello — a saxophone-like instrument used in jazz music
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marlboro — a city in E Massachusetts.
- martello — Alternative form of Martello.
- mashloch — (Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
- masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
- matelote — a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- matfelon — knapweed
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- may-blob — marsh marigold.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- mazeltov — Alternative spelling of mazel tov.
- mazology — (obsolete) mammalogy.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- mealworm — the larva of any of several darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio, which infests granaries and is used as food for birds and animals.
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- mesoglea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metallo- — denoting metal
- metazoal — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol