8-letter words containing o, n, e, r, m
- on merit — If you judge something or someone on merit or on their merits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.
- oneirism — (rare) Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess.
- onstream — Being produced.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- overmany — an excess of people
- overmine — to mine too much
- overname — to repeat the names of
- oversman — an overseer
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- prenomen — praenomen.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- reinform — to inform again or anew
- remotion — the act of removing; removal.
- 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.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- 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.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- sortment — an assortment or classification
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- the morn — tomorrow
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- timeworn — worn or impaired by time.
- timoneer — someone who steers a ship
- tone arm — the free-swinging bracket of a phonograph containing the pickup.
- towerman — Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- turkomen — Turkmenistan.
- unformed — not definitely shaped; shapeless or formless.
- unmodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- unmoored — to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- unwormed — (of animals) not rid of worms