8-letter words containing p, r, o, m
- mic-drop — the act of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.
- microamp — One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as \u00b5A.
- microcap — (US, finance) The stock of a public company with a market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less.
- micropia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- micropig — A miniature breed of pig.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- momparas — Plural form of mompara.
- monocarp — a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
- moonport — a place from which flights leave for the moon
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- morepork — (chiefly NZ) The vern boobook owl Ninox novaeseelandiae. (from 19th c.).
- morosoph — (obsolete) A philosophical or learned fool.
- morpheme — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myoporum — any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Myoporum, chiefly of Australia and New Zealand, cultivated in warm regions as hedges or ornamentals.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- no-trump — (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.
- nontrump — (of a playing card) not of the trump suit
- obtemper — to comply (with)
- off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- outtrump — to outplay or exceed in trumping
- overjump — to jump too far over
- overpump — to pump too much so as to deplete
- paliform — resembling a stake
- panorama — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- paraform — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- paramour — an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- paronymy — a play on words
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.