8-letter words containing o, s, m, u
- nemorous — (rare) Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numinous — of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.
- on drums — playing drums
- oogamous — one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- opiumism — the addictive use of opium as a stimulant or intoxicant.
- opossums — Plural form of opossum.
- opsonium — any food used as a relish, such as chutney
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- out-swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- outcomes — Plural form of outcome.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outsmell — to have a more powerful smell than
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- outsmoke — to smoke more than
- outswims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswim.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- posticum — epinaos.
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- racemous — racemose.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- resummon — to summon again
- rimouski — a city in SE Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosarium — a rose garden.
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- rumorous — relating to or containing rumours
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- showjump — to take part in a showjumping competition
- slumlord — a landlord who owns slum buildings, especially one who fails to maintain or improve the buildings and charges tenants exorbitant rents.
- slummock — to move heavily and awkwardly
- smokeout — a day during which smokers are encouraged to abstain from smoking as part of a campaign to emphasize the hazards of the practice.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smouldry — smouldering
- snow gum — any of various eucalyptus trees that grow at high altitude, esp Eucalyptus pauciflora
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- sombrous — somber.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew