9-letter words containing r, p, m
- chipmaker — a manufacturer of electronic chips.
- chop mark — a notch or other mark made in a coin to indicate verification of its authenticity, especially by a banker or merchant in the Far East during the 18th or 19th centuries.
- compacter — Comparative form of compact.
- compactor — a machine that compacts something, esp rubbish
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companera — (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
- companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- compeered — an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- compeller — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- completer — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- comported — Simple past tense and past participle of comport.
- composers — Plural form of composer.
- composter — a bin or other container used to turn garden and kitchen waste into compost
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- compotier — a dish for holding compote
- comprador — (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise
- comprendo — (slang) do you understand?.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprised — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprise.
- comprized — comprise.
- compromis — a formal document, executed in common by nations submitting a dispute to arbitration, that defines the matter at issue, the rules of procedure and the powers of the arbitral tribunal, and the principles for determining the award.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- contemper — to temper (something) by mixing with something of a different nature
- copolymer — a chemical compound of high molecular weight formed by uniting the molecules of two or more different compounds (monomers)
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- core dump — a copy of main memory that is printed, displayed, or recorded on an output medium.
- crampbark — a large deciduous shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the Caprifoliaceae family, native to Europe and eastern parts of North America
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
- crew pram — concurrent read, exclusive write PRAM.
- crimplene — Crimplene is an artificial fabric used for making clothes which does not crease easily.
- crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
- crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.