8-letter words containing o, u, e, m
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- humoured — Simple past tense and past participle of humour.
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- jumboize — (nautical) To lengthen a ship replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- linoleum — a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
- lummoxes — a clumsy, stupid person.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- manouver — Misspelling of maneuver.
- manouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- meconium — the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells.
- medusoid — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- 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Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community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)
- mete out — inflict: punishment
- mezuzoth — Plural form of mezuzah.
- miquelon — St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- molecule — Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- mon dieu — my God
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- monofuel — a fuel that is made up of a single constituent and has nothing added to it
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- montreux — a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)
- monument — something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- moquette — a type of fabric with a thick, velvety pile, used for carpets and in upholstering.
- moresque — Moorish.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.