9-letter words containing m, i, s, o, r
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- oligomers — Plural form of oligomer.
- omniverse — A number of supposedly co-existing universes.
- omnivores — Plural form of omnivore.
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- 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.
- 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.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- 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.
- 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.
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promissor — (in law) one who makes a promise
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- 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.
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- remission — the act of remitting.
- remissory — tending to gain remission
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- roominess — affording ample room; spacious; large.
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.