9-letter words containing i, m, p, a
- 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.
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- ptarmigan — any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having feathered feet.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- punctatim — point for point.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- repairman — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- 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.
- septimana — a week.
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spasmatic — given to spasms