8-letter words containing p, r, o, m
- europium — The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in color television screens.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
- gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
- gyp-room — a pantry, especially one attached to a student's quarters.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- implorer — One who implores.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- importee — an imported person or thing.
- importer — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improver — a person or thing that improves.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- jamproof — built so as to prevent jamming: a jamproof copying machine.
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- m-prolog — 1. Marseille Prolog. 2. An extension to Prolog involving modules.
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- maricopa — a member of a North American Indian people of south-central Arizona.
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marsport — a spoilsport
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- mic drop — a gesture in which a person drops (or imitates the action of dropping) a handheld microphone to the ground as the finale to a speech or performance