8-letter words containing o, r, m, e
- 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.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- mediocer — Obsolete form of mediocre.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- mellower — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- memorial — something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- memoried — having a memory (usually used in combination): short-memoried; long-memoried.
- memories — the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- memorise — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- memorist — a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- memorize — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mentmore — a mansion in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire: built by Sir Joseph Paxton in the 19th century for the Rothschild family; now owned by the Maharishi University of Natural Law
- mentored — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mentoree — One being mentored.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- mercosur — a trading block composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
- merodach — Marduk.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- meronymy — (semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- merwomen — Plural form of merwoman.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mesoderm — the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- mesomere — a blastomere of intermediate size between a micromere and a macromere.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- messidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.
- messroom — a dining room aboard ship or at a naval base.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- meyerhof — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1951, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1922.
- mezereon — a shrub, Daphne mezereum, native to Eurasia, having clusters of fragrant purplish flowers.
- microbes — Plural form of microbe.
- microjet — a light jet-propelled aircraft
- minorite — Friar Minor.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- mirrored — a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.
- misenrol — to enrol inaccurately or wrongly
- misnomer — A wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
- misorder — to put (items, events, etc) into the incorrect order