9-letter words containing m, i, s, t
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- 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.
- pessimist — a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- quaesitum — something that is sought; the solution to a problem
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhythmics — rhythmics.
- rhythmist — a person versed in or having a fine sense of rhythm.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- rust mite — any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.
- rusticism — a rustic expression
- sabbatism — sabbath observance