9-letter words containing s, o, m, a
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- mystagogy — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- nanograms — Plural form of nanogram.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- nationism — (sociolinguistics) The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- newswoman — a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
- no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
- nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- oarswoman — A female rower, especially as a member of a racing team.
- oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
- oddsmaker — a person who calculates or predicts the outcome of a contest, as in sports or politics, and sets betting odds.
- ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- oncostman — a miner who is paid daily
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- origamist — A person who does origami.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- osmically — with regard to smell
- ossuarium — ossuary.
- ostomates — Plural form of ostomate.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms