8-letter words containing r, o, m
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slalomer — a person who slaloms
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- slowworm — blindworm (def 2).
- slumlord — a landlord who owns slum buildings, especially one who fails to maintain or improve the buildings and charges tenants exorbitant rents.
- smoocher — to kiss.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smouldry — smouldering
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- somberly — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sombrero — a broad-brimmed hat of straw or felt, usually tall-crowned, worn especially in Spain, Mexico, and the southwestern U.S.
- sombrous — somber.
- somerset — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sortment — an assortment or classification
- sour gum — a cornaceous tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of the eastern US, having glossy leaves, soft wood, and sour purplish fruits
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- stem rot — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by decay of the stem tissues.
- stereome — the tissue of a plant that provides mechanical support
- stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stormful — having many storms; stormy
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stormont — a suburb of Belfast: site of Parliament House (1928–30), formerly the seat of the parliament of Northern Ireland (1922–72) and since 1998 of the Northern Ireland assembly, and Stormont Castle, formerly the residence of the prime minister of Northern Ireland and since 1998 the office of the province's first minister
- strijdom — Johannes Gerhardus (joˈhanəs ɡeːrˈhɑːdəs). 1893–1958, South African statesman; prime minister (1954–58)
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- stromata — Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strumose — having a struma or strumae.
- strumous — strumose.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- supermom — a mother who successfully manages a household and cares for her children while holding a job or being active in her community.
- surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swordman — swordsman.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
- tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tamworth — a city in E Australia.
- taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- tautomer — a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- tea room — A tea room is the same as a tea shop.