9-letter words containing a, m, o, r, n
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- omnirange — a radio navigational aid in which stations emit distinctive signals on each of 360 degrees, giving the bearing of each degree with reference to magnetic north.
- on camera — a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- on remand — in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- one-armed — having only one arm
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- orangeman — a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- orangemen — a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- orkneyman — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- praenomen — the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- pre-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- prenomina — praenomen.
- 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.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
- remontant — (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.