9-letter words containing r, e, m, i
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- premotion — a previous motion
- prenomina — praenomen.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretermit — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- primavera — a central American tree, Cybistax donnell-smithii, of the bignonia family, having showy, tubular yellow flowers.
- prime rib — beef: meat from ribs
- primitiae — the first fruits of the harvest
- primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prooemion — a preface
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
- quagmires — Plural form of quagmire.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- querimony — a complaint
- rainmaker — (among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain.
- ram drive — RAM disk
- ramillies — a village in central Belgium: Marlborough's defeat of the French 1706.
- ramses ii — 1292–1225 b.c, king of ancient Egypt.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- re-affirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- re-homing — the act of re-homing an animal
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reacclaim — to acclaim again
- ready-mix — a commercial preparation in which the principal ingredients have already been mixed for easy use: a novice cook's reliance on ready-mixes.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- real time — If something is done in real time, there is no noticeable delay between the action and its effect or consequence.
- real-time — of or relating to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.