8-letter words containing r, o, m
- newsroom — a room in the offices of a newspaper, news service, or broadcasting organization in which the news is processed.
- 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.
- no-trump — (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nomogram — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
- nonagram — A geometric figure which resembles a pentagram except that it has nine points instead of five.
- noncrime — an incident that is not considered to be against the law
- nonmajor — not related to or counting towards a specialist subject or course
- nonmetro — Nonmetropolitan.
- nonmoral — having no relation to morality; neither moral nor immoral: It was a completely nonmoral problem and involved only judgments as to efficacy.
- nontrump — (of a playing card) not of the trump suit
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normande — a breed of cattle originating in Normandy
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- normcore — a fashion style or way of dressing characterized by ordinary, plain clothing with no designer names, often a reaction against trendy fashion.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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.
- norseman — Northman.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- northumb — Northumberland
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- november — the eleventh month of the year, containing 30 days.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- numerous — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- obtemper — to comply (with)
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- odometer — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- odometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of odometer.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- off form — If you say that someone is off form, you think they are not performing as well as they usually do.
- off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
- ohmmeter — an instrument for measuring electric resistance in ohms.
- 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.
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- omicrons — Plural form of omicron.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- omniform — Having every form or shape.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- omnivore — someone or something that is omnivorous.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- on drums — playing drums
- on merit — If you judge something or someone on merit or on their merits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.
- ondogram — The recording produced by an ondograph.