9-letter words containing p, a, t, m, o
- 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.
- 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.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- 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.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- sympatico — simpatico
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- tomograph — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- topmaking — the art or science of blending wool to meet certain specifications
- treponema — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- typomania — an obsession with typology
- warm spot — Physiology. a sensory area in the skin that responds to an increase in temperature.