9-letter words containing t, e, m, p
- preformat — to format in advance
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premarket — of the period before a product is available
- premature — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- premotion — a previous motion
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretermit — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- primitiae — the first fruits of the harvest
- primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompture — prompting
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- protoderm — a thin outer layer of the meristem in embryos and growing points of roots and stems, which gives rise to the epidermis.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reattempt — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- repigment — to (cause to) regain pigmentation
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- september — the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septiform — sevenfold