9-letter words containing m, i, p
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- pentium 2 — Pentium II
- pentium 3 — Pentium III
- 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.
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- peridrome — (in Classical architecture) a colonnaded walkway running round a building, esp around a Classical temple
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- perimeter — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- perimetry — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- perisperm — the nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo in certain seeds, and developing from the nucellus of the ovule
- peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- permit me — You can use permit me when you are about to say something or to make a suggestion.
- permitted — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- permittee — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- permitter — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- pessimism — the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
- pessimist — a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.
- 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)
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philomela — the nightingale.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- physicism — the belief in the physical and material world as opposed to the spiritual world in matters of philosophy and religion
- 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.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- 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
- pigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pilgrimer — a pilgrim
- pilomotor — causing movement of hairs
- pimpernel — a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
- pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
- pipe bomb — a small homemade bomb typically contained in a metal pipe.
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piroplasm — babesia.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.