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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.
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