8-letter words containing r, o, m, i
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.
- mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
- moronism — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- morosity — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- morrison — Herbert Stanley, 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
- mortific — causing death
- mortimer — Roger de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), 8th Baron of Wigmore [wig-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈwɪgˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr/ (Show IPA), and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
- mortised — a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortises — Plural form of mortise.
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- motelier — a person running or owning a motel or motel chain
- motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
- motorail — a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers
- motorial — (biology) motor.
- motoring — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motorise — Alternative spelling of motorize.
- motorist — a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- motorium — the area of the brain or nervous system involved in movement
- motorize — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- muciform — Resembling mucus.
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- muriform — (of cells, spores, etc) having a regular arrangement, as bricks in a wall
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- negroism — the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- noncrime — an incident that is not considered to be against the law
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- normoxic — (medicine) Having a normal oxygen concentration; typically 20-21% in the atmosphere, or 2-3% in physiological contexts.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- oil drum — a metal drum used to contain or transport oil
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- omicrons — Plural form of omicron.