9-letter words containing m, a, n, p, o
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- point man — the lead soldier of an infantry patrol on combat operations.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- 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.
- postwoman — female postal worker
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- praenomen — the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- pre-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- prenomina — praenomen.
- 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.
- promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- 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.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- 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.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- topmaking — the art or science of blending wool to meet certain specifications
- treponema — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- typomania — an obsession with typology
- wampanoag — a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement.