9-letter words containing r, i, m, l
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primality — the state of being primal
- primarily — essentially; mostly; chiefly; principally: They live primarily from farming.
- primatial — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primitial — relating to primitiae
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- 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.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
- racialism — racism.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- ramillies — a village in central Belgium: Marlborough's defeat of the French 1706.
- rascalism — the traits or character of a rascal
- reacclaim — to acclaim again
- 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.
- reclaimer — to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- regiminal — relating to a regimen
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- rock milk — a white, powdery surface crust of calcite, formed by efflorescence in limestone caves and fissures.
- roll film — a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.
- roll mill — A roll mill is a mixer with cylinders that rotate to squeeze the components together.
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- serialism — twelve-tone technique.
- servilism — the condition of being servile; servility, esp consistent or complete servility
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland