9-letter words containing e, s, m, p
- 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
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premisses — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- pressmark — a symbol indicating the location of a book in the library.
- pressroom — the room in a printing or newspaper publishing establishment where the printing presses are installed.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- 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.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- 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.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- rem sleep — a recurrent period of sleep, typically totaling about two hours a night, during which most dreaming occurs as the eyes move under closed lids and the skeletal muscles are deeply relaxed.
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- 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
- semiplume — a semiplume feather
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- september — the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septiform — sevenfold
- septimana — a week.
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.