9-letter words containing m, a, s, r
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- origamist — A person who does origami.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ossuarium — ossuary.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- pap smear — a test for cancer of the cervix, consisting of the staining of cervical cells taken in a cervical or vaginal smear (Pap smear or pap smear) for examination of exfoliated cells.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- pass mark — the minimum mark required to pass an examination
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- piroplasm — babesia.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- port arms — a position in military drill in which one's rifle is held diagonally in front of the body, with the muzzle pointing upward to the left.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- pressmark — a symbol indicating the location of a book in the library.
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- promachos — a defender or champion
- 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.
- quagmires — Plural form of quagmire.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.