9-letter words containing p, m, a
- reprogram — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- s & h — shipping and handling
- s & l — S & L is an abbreviation for savings and loan.
- s & m — S & M is an abbreviation for sado-masochism.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sago palm — any of several tropical Old World palms, as of the genera Metroxylon and Caryota, that yield sago.
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septimana — a week.
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- small-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of under $1 billion: considered to have more growth potential and higher investment risk.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- somascope — a medical instrument used to inspect internal organs for disease
- someplace — somewhere.
- space man — space writer.
- spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- sparagmos — the tearing to pieces of a live victim, as a bull or a calf, by a band of bacchantes in a Dionysian orgy.
- spasmatic — given to spasms
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spermaria — spermaries
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spirogram — a record made by a spirograph
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- stamp act — an act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stamp tax — a tax whose revenue is derived from the sale of stamps that are required to be affixed to certain retail merchandise and legal documents.