9-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- hiroshima — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- homiliary — a collection of homilies.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- iminourea — guanidine.
- imitators — Plural form of imitator.
- immolator — One who offers in sacrifice.
- immorally — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- inamorata — a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- inamorato — a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- informant — a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- irrumatio — Alternative form of irrumation.
- isomerase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kissogram — A novelty greeting or message delivered by a man or woman who accompanies it with a kiss, arranged as a humorous surprise for the recipient.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- macaronic — composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.