9-letter words containing m, i, n, r
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- preminger — Otto (Ludwig) 1906–86, U.S. motion-picture actor, director, and producer, born in Austria.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premotion — a previous motion
- prenomina — praenomen.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- 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.
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- prooemion — a preface
- 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.
- ptarmigan — any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having feathered feet.
- pump iron — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- querimony — a complaint
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- rainmaker — (among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- ram singh — 1816–85, Indian leader of a puritanical Sikh sect, the Kukas, who tried to remove the British from India through a policy of noncooperation
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- re-homing — the act of re-homing an animal
- reanimate — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- recombine — to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite: She combined the ingredients to make the cake. They combined the two companies.
- reconfirm — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- redeeming — offsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like: a redeeming quality.
- reexamine — to examine again.
- reforming — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- regiminal — relating to a regimen
- reimagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- reimaging — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- remainder — something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
- remaining — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.