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9-letter words containing a, m, p, c, o

  • copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
  • copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
  • copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
  • cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
  • cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
  • crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
  • cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
  • cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
  • cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
  • cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
  • diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
  • ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
  • encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
  • homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
  • hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
  • impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
  • incompact — not compact; loose.
  • incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
  • lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
  • macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
  • macrocopy — an enlargement of printed material for easier reading
  • macropods — Plural form of macropod.
  • macropore — Any pore sufficiently wide to allow water to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
  • macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
  • macrotape — (storage)   /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
  • manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
  • megalopic — having large eyes
  • megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
  • mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
  • mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
  • metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
  • micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
  • micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
  • microtape — (hardware, storage)   /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
  • mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
  • monocarps — Plural form of monocarp.
  • monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
  • moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
  • mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
  • myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • nonimpact — Not involving impact.
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
  • pachomiusSaint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • pancosmic — of every cosmos
  • panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
  • paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
  • pharmaco- — indicating drugs
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