9-letter words containing i, m, p, t, o
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pilomotor — causing movement of hairs
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- point man — the lead soldier of an infantry patrol on combat operations.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- premotion — a previous motion
- primitivo — a black grape grown in the Puglia region of Italy, used for making wine
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- proximity — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- septiform — sevenfold
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- stop time — a passage where the beat stops temporarily
- storm pit — a storm cellar.
- sympatico — simpatico
- symptosis — local or general atrophy.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- time copy — written material set in type and held for future use. Compare filler (def 5).
- time-poor — lacking spare time or leisure time