9-letter words containing a, l, m, e, o
- old flame — An old flame is someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
- old media — the media in existence before the arrival of the internet, such as newspapers, books, television, and cinema
- oligaemia — a reduction in the volume of the blood, as occurs after haemorrhage
- oriflamme — the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outmantle — to be better dressed than
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- pademelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- palampore — a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
- palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- philomela — the nightingale.
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polylemma — a debate forcing a choice between contradictory positions
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- real mode — An operating mode of Intel 80x86 processors. The opposite of protected mode.
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- removable — that may be removed.
- rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- romeldale — a breed of sheep characterized by high-quality and multicoloured fleece
- salesroom — a room in which goods are sold or displayed.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- someplace — somewhere.
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- toolmaker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- tremolant — having a tremulous or vibrating tone, as certain pipes of an organ.
- tullamore — the county town of Offaly, Republic of Ireland; food processing and brewing. Pop: 11 098 (2002)
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- unmovable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.