9-letter words containing p, m, o, r
- pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- ramamorph — any of a group of extinct Miocene apes of Europe, Asia, and Africa, characterized by large molars and small incisors and typified by the genera Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus.
- ramaphosa — (Matamela) Cyril. born 1952, South African statesman and trade unionist; secretary general of the ANC (1991–97); deputy president of South Africa from 2014
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- re-employ — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- recompose — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- reprogram — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- romp home — to win a race easily
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- septiform — sevenfold
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- sophomore — a student in the second year of high school or college.
- sparagmos — the tearing to pieces of a live victim, as a bull or a calf, by a band of bacchantes in a Dionysian orgy.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spirogram — a record made by a spirograph
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- spoonworm — any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage-shaped body and a flattened head.
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- sportsdom — the world of professional and amateur competitive sports.
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmen — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- storm pit — a storm cellar.
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- time-poor — lacking spare time or leisure 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.
- topometry — the measurement of the surface features of a region