8-letter words that end in ome
- 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.
- overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- owrecome — the chorus of a song
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- 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.
- prodrome — a premonitory symptom.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- snowdome — a leisure centre with facilities for skiing, skating, etc
- stereome — the tissue of a plant that provides mechanical support
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- toilsome — characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- townhome — town house (def 3).
- trichome — Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- twigsome — covered with twigs
- wailsome — wailful.
- wisedome — Obsolete spelling of wisdom.
- worksome — hard-working, industrious
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome
- zoothome — a group of zooids or colonial animals