8-letter words containing o, n, e, r
- monogerm — having or coming from a seed that will only develop into a single plant
- monomers — Plural form of monomer.
- monoreme — (nautical) A galley with a single row of oars on each side.
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monsters — Plural form of monster.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- montrose — James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- moonrise — the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- moreness — the state of being greater than something else, greatness
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
- motormen — Plural form of motorman.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- nanoacre — (unit, humour) /nan'oh-ay"kr/ A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI integrated circuit. VLSI nanoacres have costs in the same range as real acres once one allows for design and fabrication setup costs.
- nanopore — A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane.
- nanowire — A nanoscale rod made of semiconducting material, used in miniature transistors and some laser applications.
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- narbonne — a city in S France: an important port in Roman times.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- narrower — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necrosed — Simple past tense and past participle of necrose.
- necroses — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- necrosis — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- necrotic — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- negators — Plural form of negator.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- negatron — Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- negroize — to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of black people: efforts to Negroize the team.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nemorous — (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- neo-noir — (of a film) set in contemporary modern times, but showing characteristics of a film noir, in plot or style
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neoprene — an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.