9-letter words containing i, m, p, a, r
- 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.
- primitiae — the first fruits of the harvest
- primitial — relating to primitiae
- primordia — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- ptarmigan — any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having feathered feet.
- pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.