9-letter words containing p, r, e, m
- erew pram — exclusive read, exclusive write PRAM.
- examplary — Obsolete form of exemplary.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- 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
- expertism — the quality of being an expert
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fire pump — A fire pump is a piece of equipment that provides the pressure for a water supply system used if there is a fire on a drilling rig.
- framepack — a backpack attached to a supporting frame of usually lightweight metal.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- 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.
- germproof — not vulnerable to the action or penetration of germs.
- 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.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- 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.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemotroph — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hemp tree — chaste tree.
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- 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.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hypernyms — Plural form of hypernym.
- hypernymy — the state or quality of being a hypernym or superordinate (a general class under which a set of subcategories is subsumed).
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.