9-letter words containing c, o, m, p
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- 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.
- 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.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- 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.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pock-mark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- 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.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- pop music — popular music
- porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
- poromeric — any of various microporous synthetic materials used as leather substitutes.
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- promachos — a defender or champion
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- recompose — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.