9-letter words containing p, o, m
- ephemeron — An insect that lives only for a day or a few days.
- epicormic — (of a shoot or branch) growing from a previously dormant bud on the trunk or a limb of a tree.
- epigenome — (genetics) The total epigenetic state of a cell.
- epigonism — An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation.
- epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
- epipolism — fluorescence
- epitomist — One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
- epitomize — Be a perfect example of.
- eponymous — (of a person) giving their name to something.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- exemption — The process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- floodlamp — Floodlight.
- form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
- germproof — not vulnerable to the action or penetration of germs.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- haptonema — In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- hemophile — a hemophiliac.
- hemotroph — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- hippiedom — the lifestyle and world of hippies, especially in the 1960s.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- home help — A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
- home page — website's introductory page
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homeopath — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homograph — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homomorph — something that is similar in form to something else
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homophobe — a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophone — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homophony — the quality or state of being homophonic.
- homophora — A reference that requires some type of general knowledge to understand.