8-letter words containing o, s, m, u
- mock sun — parhelion.
- modiolus — the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.
- mofussil — (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three w East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- molluscs — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- molossus — a type of foot in metre that contains three long syllables
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- moondust — The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
- moresque — Moorish.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- mosquito — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- mu meson — (no longer in technical use) muon.
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mud hose — A mud hose is a flexible tube which connects the mud tank to the swivel for forcing mud down the hole inside the drill string.
- mudrooms — Plural form of mudroom.
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- 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.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- mulhouse — a city in E France, near the Rhine.
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- multitos — (operating system) (MTOS) A new version of TOS. MultiTOS's main advantage was support for pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the latest (and far superior) versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon030 range of computers from Atari. It is a little known fact that the MultiTOS kernel was based heavily on the freeware OS MinT which was developed long before Atari got MultiTOS working.
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- musculo- — muscle, muscle and
- mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- muskogee — a city in E Oklahoma.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.