9-letter words containing m, a, i, e
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- on a dime — at an exact point or within very narrow limits
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- oriflamme — the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmitate — a salt or ester of palmitic acid.
- pampootie — a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands
- pandemian — sensual
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- papermail — snail mail
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- peacetime — a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
- peak time — prime time.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pegmatite — a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- 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.
- petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- philomela — the nightingale.
- 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.
- piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- 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
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- pompeiian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- pre-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.