8-letter words containing r, o, m
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- room key — A room key is a key given to a guest in a hotel in order to open or lock the door of their room.
- roomette — a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- roommate — a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.
- roomsome — roomy or spacious
- rootworm — the larva of any of several insects, as the cucumber beetle, that feeds on the roots of plants.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosarium — a rose garden.
- rosemary — an evergreen shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, of the mint family, native to the Mediterranean region, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine: a traditional symbol of remembrance.
- rosemead — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- rotiform — shaped like a wheel.
- roumania — Romania.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties
- rumorous — relating to or containing rumours
- rumoured — If something is rumoured to be the case, people are suggesting that it is the case, but they do not know for certain.
- rumourer — a person who is given to spreading rumours
- run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- sagamore — (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sea room — unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- setiform — bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- showroom — a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
- sickroom — a room in which a sick person is confined.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- silkworm — the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.