9-letter words containing e, m, t, o, p
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- mythopoet — a writer of mythic verse
- n'importe — no matter
- nonexempt — Not exempt.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
- optimised — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimise.
- optimized — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- optimizer — A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
- optimizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimize.
- optometer — any of various instruments for measuring the refractive error of an eye.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- pampootie — a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- pedometer — an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.
- penstemon — any of numerous chiefly North American plants belonging to the genus Penstemon, of the figwort family, some species of which are cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- permeator — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- potometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preformat — to format in advance
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- premotion — a previous motion
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompture — prompting
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- protoderm — a thin outer layer of the meristem in embryos and growing points of roots and stems, which gives rise to the epidermis.
- 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.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.