9-letter words containing e, p, s, o, m
- moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
- moreporks — Plural form of morepork.
- morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- 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.
- optimizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimize.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- 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.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- pressroom — the room in a printing or newspaper publishing establishment where the printing presses are installed.
- 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.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- recompose — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- septiform — sevenfold
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six