8-letter words containing mo
- moieties — Plural form of moiety.
- moiseyev — Igor Alexandrovich [ee-guh r uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ˈi gər ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–2007, Russian dancer and choreographer.
- moistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moisten.
- moistest — moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- moistify — to cause to become wet or moist
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- mokomoko — a New Zealand skink, Leiolopisma zelandica
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- mol. wt. — molecular weight
- molality — the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- molasses — a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- moldered — Simple past tense and past participle of molder.
- moldings — Plural form of molding.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mole rat — any burrowing molelike African rodent of the family Bathyergidae
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- molecule — Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
- molehill — a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- molested — Simple past tense and past participle of molest.
- molester — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- molinism — the theological doctrine, formulated by Luis Molina, that the consent of the human will is necessary for divine grace to be effective.
- 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.
- mollendo — a seaport in S Peru.
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- mollisol — a productive agricultural soil common to the world's grasslands, characterized by a dark surface layer rich in organic matter.
- 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
- moltenly — in a molten or liquefied manner
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- 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)
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- mom test — a test of the user-friendliness of a computer device or software based on the extent to which a user's mother is able to use it
- momently — with every moment; from moment to moment.
- momentos — memento.
- momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- momoyama — Azuchi-Momoyama.
- momparas — Plural form of mompara.
- mon dieu — my God
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.