9-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- 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.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- remission — the act of remitting.
- remissory — tending to gain remission
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- roominess — affording ample room; spacious; large.
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- sciomachy — sciamachy.
- sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- semeiotic — semiotic.
- semi-coma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
- semidomed — having a semidome
- semiglobe — a half globe; a hemisphere
- semigloss — (of paint or a painted surface) having a moderate, satiny luster; having or producing a sheen that is neither flat nor highly glossy.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- semimoist — slightly wet; somewhat moist
- seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- semiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotics — semiotics.
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semisolid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it