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9-letter words containing p, e, r, m, a

  • epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
  • epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
  • erew pram — exclusive read, exclusive write PRAM.
  • examplary — Obsolete form of exemplary.
  • exemplars — Plural form of exemplar.
  • exemplary — Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
  • exit ramp — a short roadway by which vehicles may leave a major highway
  • framepack — a backpack attached to a supporting frame of usually lightweight metal.
  • galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
  • game park — a game preserve, especially in Africa.
  • gear pump — lobular pump.
  • germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
  • graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
  • graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
  • groupmate — A member of the same group.
  • hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
  • hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
  • hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
  • hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
  • hermatype — reef-building coral.
  • hyper-man — A browser available with Epoch giving hypertext access to the Unix manual.
  • hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
  • hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
  • hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
  • hypoderma — hypodermis.
  • impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
  • imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
  • imperials — Plural form of imperial.
  • imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
  • impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
  • implanter — Someone or something that implants.
  • impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
  • imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
  • lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
  • lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
  • lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
  • macropore — Any pore sufficiently wide to allow water to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
  • macrotape — (storage)   /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
  • madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
  • madrepore — any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
  • 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.
  • malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
  • man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
  • manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
  • 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.
  • mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
  • mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
  • marchpane — marzipan.
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