8-letter words containing ome
- 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.
- monomers — Plural form of monomer.
- monosome — a chromosome having no homologue, especially an unpaired X chromosome.
- moresome — (rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people.
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- myotomes — Plural form of myotome.
- newcomen — Thomas, 1663–1729, English inventor.
- newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- odometer — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- odometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of odometer.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- omelette — eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- orometer — an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- outcomes — Plural form of outcome.
- outhomer — to score more home runs than
- overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- owrecome — the chorus of a song
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- philomel — the nightingale.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- podomere — any segment of a limb of an arthropod.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- prenomen — praenomen.
- prodrome — a premonitory symptom.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- proteome — the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rheotome — an interrupter of an electric current
- ribosome — a tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- roomette — a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- roomsome — roomy or spacious
- sao tome — Democratic Republic of, a republic in W Africa, comprising the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea, N of the equator: a former overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 372 sq. mi. (964 sq. km). Capital: São Tomé.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- semidome — half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section, as over a semicircular apse.
- slalomer — a person who slaloms
- snowdome — a leisure centre with facilities for skiing, skating, etc
- some day — on an unspecified date in the future
- somebody — a person of some note or importance.
- somedeal — somewhat.
- somegate — in some manner
- somerset — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.