9-letter words containing o, t, p, r, m
- monotropy — polymorphism that is irreversible.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- mothproof — resistant to attack by moths.
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- n'importe — no matter
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimizer — A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
- optometer — any of various instruments for measuring the refractive error of an eye.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- 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
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pilomotor — causing movement of hairs
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- port arms — a position in military drill in which one's rifle is held diagonally in front of the body, with the muzzle pointing upward to the left.
- 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
- primitivo — a black grape grown in the Puglia region of Italy, used for making wine
- 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.
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- 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.