9-letter words containing m, o, t, r, e
- overlimit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overmount — to surmount
- overtimer — a person who works overtime
- overtimid — extremely timid
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pedometer — an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.
- 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.
- permeator — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- potometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preformat — to format in advance
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- premotion — a previous motion
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompture — prompting
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- protoderm — a thin outer layer of the meristem in embryos and growing points of roots and stems, which gives rise to the epidermis.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- remention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- remington — Eliphalet [ih-lif-uh-lit] /ɪˈlɪf ə lɪt/ (Show IPA), 1793–1861, U.S. arms manufacturer.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- remontant — (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.
- remontoir — any of various devices used in watches, clocks, etc, to compensate for errors arising from the changes in the force driving the escapement
- rest home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rest room — rooms or a room having a washbowl, toilet, and other facilities for use by employees, visitors, etc., as in a store, theater, or office.
- rest-home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rheometer — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheometry — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant