9-letter words containing m, u, t, o
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- 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.
- prompture — prompting
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpotomy — the removal of infected portions of the pulp tissue in a tooth, used as a therapeutic measure to avoid pulpectomy.
- puss moth — a large pale prominent moth, Cerura vinula, whose larvae feed on willow and poplar, and are bright green with a masklike red head and claspers modified as "tails" that are protruded and raised in a state of alarm: family Notodontidae
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- rum toddy — a drink made from rum, hot water, sugar, and usually lemon juice
- ruminator — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- smell out — dog: detect by sniffing
- smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- southmost — southernmost.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stomatous — stomatal.
- stomodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the oral region of a young embryo, which develops into the mouth and oral cavity.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- sumptuous — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- thaumato- — miracle; marvel
- the forum — the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- thutmosis — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- timenoguy — a taut rope on a ship used to prevent the tangling of lines and riggings
- tokushima — a seaport on NE Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- tom thumb — a diminutive hero of folk tales.