9-letter words containing a, l, m, o
- outmantle — to be better dressed than
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- 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
- palmation — a palmate state or formation.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- papilloma — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philomela — the nightingale.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- piroplasm — babesia.
- 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.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plasmasol — the relatively fluid, inner cytoplasm of a pseudopod of an ameba.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- 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.
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- polylemma — a debate forcing a choice between contradictory positions
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- 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.
- prodromal — a premonitory symptom.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- 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.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- razorclam — type of mollusc with a long, narrow shell