9-letter words containing m, i, p
- film clip — a strip of motion-picture film, especially an excerpt from a longer film or one inserted as part of another presentation, as of a telecast or full-length motion picture.
- film pack — a number of sheets of film arranged one over the other and connected so that they can be exposed successively.
- filmstrip — a length of film containing a series of related transparencies for projection on a screen.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- fire pump — A fire pump is a piece of equipment that provides the pressure for a water supply system used if there is a fire on a drilling rig.
- fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
- fist pump — a gesture of enthusiasm, victory, etc., in which one raises a fist and thrusts the forearm quickly and forcefully forward or downward.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- gimme cap — a visored cap decorated with the symbol or name of a product, company, etc.
- glimpsing — Present participle of glimpse.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemophile — a hemophiliac.
- high jump — sport: jumping over a high bar
- high-jump — to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper.
- hippiedom — the lifestyle and world of hippies, especially in the 1960s.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyphenism — dual patriotic loyalty
- hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypomania — a mania of low intensity.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.