9-letter words containing m, o, r, p
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- contemper — to temper (something) by mixing with something of a different nature
- copolymer — a chemical compound of high molecular weight formed by uniting the molecules of two or more different compounds (monomers)
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- core dump — a copy of main memory that is printed, displayed, or recorded on an output medium.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- deprogram — to cause to abandon a rigid commitment to certain beliefs, values, etc., as those of a religious cult, by undoing the effects of indoctrination
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- dryomorph — any member of the extinct genus Dryopithecus.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- embla pro — (messaging, tool) An IMAP-compliant electronic mail client from WinSoft Products Ltd. EMBLA Pro allows you to use an IMAP mail server in a true client/server network manner, once you've connected to the IMAP server, you can organise messages into folders on the server and you can view messages and any attached files at the server before deciding whether or not to download them to your local system. IMAP allows the user to select individual message attachments to be viewed and/or downloaded. You can delete files and messages from the server, move or copy them to the local computer or leave them for future retrieval. EMBLA Pro also supports the standard POP3 protocol. Both POP3 and IMAP2 run over E-SMTP. The IMAP Unix daemons can support specific environments, for example, Sun MailTool attachments. All flavours of Unix are catered for with a suite of binary mail daemons, eg: SunSoft Solaris, HP, IBM and SCO. EMBLA conforms to the SMTP, E-SMTP, MIME and IMAP Internet standards - RFC1590 (RFC1521), RFC1522, RFC1426, RFC1425, RFC1176, RFC0822, RFC0821 and the draft update of RFC1176.
- emmetrope — A person with emmetropia, perfect vision.
- emploring — Present participle of implore.
- employers — Plural form of employer.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empowered — (US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
- endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
- endosperm — The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients.
- ephemeron — An insect that lives only for a day or a few days.
- epicormic — (of a shoot or branch) growing from a previously dormant bud on the trunk or a limb of a tree.
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
- germproof — not vulnerable to the action or penetration of germs.
- 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.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemotroph — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homograph — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homomorph — something that is similar in form to something else
- homophora — A reference that requires some type of general knowledge to understand.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- homospory — the production of a single kind of spore, neither microspore nor megaspore.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.