9-letter words containing o, e, d, m, a
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- ramrodded — a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- rare mode — (operating system) Unix CBREAK mode (character-by-character with keyboard interrupts enabled). Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode; the phrase "a sort of half-cooked (rare?) mode" is used in the V7/BSD manuals to describe the mode. Usage: rare.
- real mode — An operating mode of Intel 80x86 processors. The opposite of protected mode.
- red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
- reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- romeldale — a breed of sheep characterized by high-quality and multicoloured fleece
- rood beam — a beam above the entrance to the choir or chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- trematoda — the class comprising the trematodes.
- trematode — any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.
- trematoid — relating to a trematode
- videogram — an audiovisual recording, as on a videotape or DVD
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
- womanized — to make effeminate.
- woodenman — HOLWG, DoD, 1975. Second of the series of DoD requirements that led to Ada. "Woodenman Set of Criteria and Needed Characteristics for a Common DoD High Order Programming Language", David A. Fisher, Inst for Def Anal Working Paper, Aug 1975. (See Strawman, Tinman, Ironman, Steelman).
- word game — any game or contest involving skill in using, forming, guessing, or changing words or expressions, such as anagrams or Scrabble.
- xeroderma — a disease in which the skin becomes dry, hard, and scaly.
- yankeedom — the region inhabited by Yankees.