9-letter words containing m, p, e, g
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- morphogen — A chemical agent able to cause or determine morphogenesis.
- mpeg-2 mc — MPEG-2 Multi Channel Extention
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- open game — a relatively simple game involving open ranks and files, permitting tactical play, and usually following symmetrical development
- page mode — 1. (hardware, storage) See page mode DRAM. 2. (hardware) An operation mode of video terminals like the IBM 3270, in which the terminal only sends a completed input screen (page) to the host instead of sending each character as the keys are pressed.
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- pegmatite — a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
- pemphigus — any of several diseases, often fatal, characterized by blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- pentagram — a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- pilgrimer — a pilgrim
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- pre-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- premerger — of the period prior to a merger
- preminger — Otto (Ludwig) 1906–86, U.S. motion-picture actor, director, and producer, born in Austria.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- programer — a person who writes code for computer programs.
- programme — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- repigment — to (cause to) regain pigmentation
- repriming — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- reprogram — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- simpering — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- zygosperm — (botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of alg\u00e6 and fungi.