8-letter words containing r, a, d, o, m
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idiogram — Karyogram.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- malgrado — in spite of
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- maradona — Diego (dɪˈeɪɡəʊ) (Armando). born 1960, Argentinian footballer and manager: his clubs included Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli; scored 34 goals in 91 internationals (1977–94); under his captaincy Argentina won the World Cup in 1986
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- merodach — Marduk.
- miradors — Plural form of mirador.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- modiolar — relating to the modiolus
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- monardas — Plural form of monarda.
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.