9-letter words containing a, l, m, o
- 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.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- 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.
- roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries.
- romeldale — a breed of sheep characterized by high-quality and multicoloured fleece
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- sago palm — any of several tropical Old World palms, as of the genera Metroxylon and Caryota, that yield sago.
- salesroom — a room in which goods are sold or displayed.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- 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.
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland
- sigmoidal — shaped like the letter C.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- soliman i — Suleiman I.
- solyman i — Suleiman I.
- 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.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- squamosal — Anatomy. of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
- stomachal — a medication that is good for the stomach
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- symbolang — Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965. Symbol manipulating Fortran subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC 6600.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tamarillo — the edible, plumlike fruit of a tree, Cyphomandra betacea, of the nightshade family, native to the Peruvian Andes.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- 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
- thralldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- tomatillo — a plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico, having yellow flowers with five blackish spots in the throat and bluish, sticky berries in a purple-veined calyx.
- 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.
- trinomial — Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- trionymal — having a name that consists of three separate parts