5-letter words containing r, o, m
- morph — 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).
- morra — A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.
- morro — a rounded hill or promontory
- morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- moser — Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- mourn — Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
- mover — a person or thing that moves.
- mower — lawn mower.
- mowra — mahua.
- mucor — any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- mucro — a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- munro — Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- murom — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- myron — flourished c450 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- norms — a standard, model, or pattern.
- omber — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- ombre — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- omers — Plural form of omer.
- omrah — a Muslim noble of the court
- ormer — an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- ormuz — Strait of. Hormuz, Strait of.
- oromo — a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- primo — the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- proem — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prome — a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- promo — promotion (def 5).
- qorma — Alternative spelling of korma.
- radom — a city in E Poland.
- rambo — a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- ramon — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("Ramón") 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, dramatist, biographer, and critic.
- ramos — Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- rhomb — rhombus.
- roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- romeo — the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- romus — a son of either Aeneas or Ascanius: sometimes believed to be the founder of Rome.
- rooms — lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building
- roomy — affording ample room; spacious; large.
- rorem — Ned, born 1923, U.S. composer and author.
- rumbo — a rum-based cocktail
- rumor — a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
- rumpo — sexual intercourse
- slorm — to wipe carelessly
- smoor — to smother, suffocate or extinguish
- somer — summer2 (def 1).
- storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
- timor — an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- torme — Melvin Howard ("Mel"; "The Velvet Fog") 1925–99, U.S. jazz singer, actor, and composer.
- tromp — to tramp or trample.