8-letter words containing mo
- moorbird — moorfowl.
- moorburn — the practice of burning off old growth on a heather moor to encourage new growth for grazing
- moorcock — A male red grouse.
- moorfowl — the red grouse.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- moorings — the act of a person or thing that moors.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- mootable — Capable of being mooted.
- mootness — The state or condition of being moot.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mopiness — languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- mopstick — a mop handle
- moquette — a type of fabric with a thick, velvety pile, used for carpets and in upholstering.
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- morasses — An area of muddy or boggy ground.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- moravian — pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- morbific — causing disease.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- morbilli — measles (def 1).
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- morellos — Plural form of morello.
- moreness — the state of being greater than something else, greatness
- moreover — in addition to what has been said; further; besides.
- morepork — (chiefly NZ) The vern boobook owl Ninox novaeseelandiae. (from 19th c.).
- moresome — (rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people.
- moresque — Moorish.
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.
- mornings — in or during the morning regularly.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- moroccan — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- moroccos — Plural form of morocco.
- morogoro — a city in E Tanzania.