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9-letter words containing i, p, r, o

  • line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
  • linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
  • lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
  • liquor up — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
  • liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
  • logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
  • lone pair — shoes, eyes
  • lordships — Plural form of lordship.
  • lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
  • 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
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
  • nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
  • nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
  • nonparity — the condition of having no parity; the state of not being equal
  • nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
  • nootropic — (medicine) Any substance purported to increase cognitive abilities.
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