8-letter words that end in os
- mementos — an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- mess-dos — /mes-dos/ (Or MS-DOG, Messy-DOS, mess-dross, mess-loss, mush-dos) Derisory term for MS-DOS. Often followed by the ritual banishing "Just say No!" Most hackers (even many MS-DOS hackers) loathe MS-DOS for its single-tasking nature, its limits on application size, its nasty primitive interface, and its ties to IBMness (see fear and loathing). In Ireland and the UK it is sometimes called "Domestos" after a brand of toilet cleanser.
- mestizos — Plural form of mestizo.
- momentos — memento.
- morellos — Plural form of morello.
- moroccos — Plural form of morocco.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- multitos — (operating system) (MTOS) A new version of TOS. MultiTOS's main advantage was support for pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the latest (and far superior) versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon030 range of computers from Atari. It is a little known fact that the MultiTOS kernel was based heavily on the freeware OS MinT which was developed long before Atari got MultiTOS working.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nol-pros — to end by a nolle prosequi.
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- ourinhos — a city in E Brazil.
- palazzos — women's pants with wide legs that flare broadly at the ankle
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- poo-poos — excrement; feces.
- prochoos — an elongated form of the oinochoe.
- prodomos — an open vestibule, as a pronaos.
- provisos — a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
- rom bios — Basic Input/Output System
- seilenos — Silenus.
- thanatos — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- zemstvos — Plural form of zemstvo.