8-letter words containing o, s, m, u
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- sour gum — a cornaceous tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of the eastern US, having glossy leaves, soft wood, and sour purplish fruits
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- squamous — covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- stormful — having many storms; stormy
- strumose — having a struma or strumae.
- strumous — strumose.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- summoned — to call upon to do something specified.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- sump oil — the waste oil from engines
- sun moss — rose moss.
- supermom — a mother who successfully manages a household and cares for her children while holding a job or being active in her community.
- surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- syconium — a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- temerous — audacious
- thrombus — a fibrinous clot that forms in and obstructs a blood vessel, or that forms in one of the chambers of the heart.
- thutmose — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- timorous — full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- titmouse — any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- tumorous — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- tumulose — having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.
- tumulous — having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.
- turmoils — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- tutorism — the office or duties of a tutor
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- unfamous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- unionism — the principle of union, especially trade unionism.
- unmodish — passé, unfashionable
- unseldom — regularly
- unsmoked — (of meat, fish, etc) not hung over burning wood to preserve or flavour it
- unsmooth — coarse or unrefined
- unsolemn — unceremonious
- unwisdom — lack of wisdom; folly; rashness; recklessness: an act of unwisdom.
- urostomy — an artificial opening for the release of urine, used when urination through the bladder and urethra is no longer possible due, for example, to surgery
- ursiform — having the form of a bear; bear-shaped: the ursiform koala.
- venomous — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- volumist — an author or someone who produces a volume
- vomitous — of, relating to, or causing vomiting.
- zero-sum — of or denoting a system in which the sum of the gains equals the sum of the losses: a zero-sum economy.