8-letter words containing s, o, u
- mao suit — an outfit worn in the People's Republic of China consisting of a Mao jacket and loose trousers.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- medusoid — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- mercosur — a trading block composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community
- miasmous — miasmal
- microbus — minibus.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- misdoubt — doubt or suspicion.
- misfocus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- miss out — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- missoula — a city in W Montana.
- missound — to sound or pronounce wrongly
- missouri — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mistutor — to teach badly or wrongly
- misunion — A bad or wrong union or alliance.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- modiolus — the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.
- mofussil — (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three w East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- molluscs — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- molossus — a type of foot in metre that contains three long syllables
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- moondust — The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
- moresque — Moorish.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- mosquito — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- mu meson — (no longer in technical use) muon.
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.