8-letter words containing io
- maggiore — Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- maiolica — majolica.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mandioca — cassava.
- mansions — Plural form of mansion.
- marenzio — Luca (ˈluːka). 1553–99, Italian composer of madrigals
- masaccio — (Tommaso Guidi) 1401–28? Italian painter.
- mediocer — Obsolete form of mediocre.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- meionite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- melodion — a small reed organ.
- mentions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mention.
- milliohm — one thousandth of an ohm
- millions — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- missions — Plural form of mission.
- misunion — A bad or wrong union or alliance.
- modiolar — relating to the modiolus
- modiolus — the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.
- moliones — Cteatus and Eurytus, the twin sons of Molione, sometimes said to have been joined at the waist. They were fathered by Poseidon and reared by Actor.
- monition — Literary. admonition or warning.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- motioned — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- motioner — One who makes a motion; a mover.
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- munition — Usually, munitions. materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition.
- mutation — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- natation — an act or the skill of swimming.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- nepionic — of or relating to the juvenile period in the life cycle of an organism
- nidation — implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- niobrara — a river flowing E from E Wyoming through Nebraska to the Missouri. 431 miles (692 km) long.
- nivation — erosion resulting from the action of frost beneath a snowbank.
- noctilio — any bat of the S American genus Noctilio
- nodation — a thing that is knotted or lumpy
- nolition — the state of being unwilling
- nonionic — Not ionic.
- nonunion — not belonging to a labor union: nonunion workers.
- notation — a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing: musical notation.
- notional — pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
- novation — Law. the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
- nudation — the process of removing coverings or garments or of causing to be bare or uncovered
- nunation — the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- nutation — an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- oblation — the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.