9-letter words containing t, a, m, p
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantryman — a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.
- paramatta — a light, twilled dress fabric, having a silk or cotton warp and a woolen weft.
- parameter — formal argument
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- parlement — parliament.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- party man — a person belonging to a political party, especially one who adheres strictly or blindly to its principles and policies.
- passament — passement.
- passement — a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peacetime — a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
- peak time — prime time.
- peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pegmatite — a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
- pentagram — a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- perma-tan — a permanent year-round suntan
- permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- permatemp — a temporary or freelance worker who accepts a series of short-term assignments, thereby continuing on a long-term basis without the benefits of a permanent employee.
- permeated — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permeator — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- phantasma — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- pia mater — the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- place mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- place-mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- placement — the act of placing.
- plantsman — a nurseryman.
- plasma tv — a television set with a flat-panel screen containing many gas-filled cells that are converted into a plasma when subjected to an electric current, forming the pixels of the display.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- platemark — hallmark.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers