9-letter words containing i, m, p, o, r
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
- microchip — chip1 (def 5).
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- micropump — a tiny pump implanted under the skin for the timed administration of medication.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- misprison — Misconstruction of misprision.
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- monoprint — A form of printing on paper from a glass sheet to which oil paint has been applied; monotype.
- morphemic — 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).
- morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
- morphisms — Plural form of morphism.
- morphosis — the sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- n'importe — no matter
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- opium war — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimizer — A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- peridrome — (in Classical architecture) a colonnaded walkway running round a building, esp around a Classical temple
- perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
- 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.