9-letter words containing m, i, s, o, r
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- septiform — sevenfold
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- sociogram — a sociometric diagram representing the pattern of relationships between individuals in a group, usually expressed in terms of which persons they prefer to associate with.
- sommelier — a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- sour milk — milk that has spoiled
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spirogram — a record made by a spirograph
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- squiredom — the squirearchy.
- stillroom — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- storm pit — a storm cellar.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- terrorism — the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
- timisoara — a city in W Romania.
- timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
- timorsome — timorous; timid
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
- trigamous — of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- trimerous — Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- trisomics — the study of trisomy
- tutiorism — (in Roman Catholic moral theology) the doctrine that in cases of moral doubt it is best to follow the safer course or that in agreement with the law
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- verissimo — Érico Lopes [e-ri-koo law-puh s] /ˈɛ rɪ kʊ ˈlɔ pəs/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, Brazilian novelist.
- verminous — of the nature of or resembling vermin.