9-letter words containing p, a, s, m, e
- encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
- endoplasm — The more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells.
- ensamples — Plural form of ensample.
- epimerase — an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers
- esemplasy — unification
- exemplars — Plural form of exemplar.
- germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- meatspace — The physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- 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.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.