9-letter words containing a, m, r, i
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- papermail — snail mail
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- pia mater — the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piroplasm — babesia.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
- practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
- pragmatic — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- pre-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- prenomina — praenomen.
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primality — the state of being primal
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- primarily — essentially; mostly; chiefly; principally: They live primarily from farming.
- primatial — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primavera — a central American tree, Cybistax donnell-smithii, of the bignonia family, having showy, tubular yellow flowers.
- primipara — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.