9-letter words containing u, n, m
- pampeluna — Pamplona.
- pan-human — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
- panmunjom — a small community along the boundary between North Korea and South Korea: site of the truce talks at the close of the Korean War.
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pentium 2 — Pentium II
- pentium 3 — Pentium III
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- per annum — by the year; yearly.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pneumono- — lung or lungs
- pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- 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.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pump iron — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- punctatim — point for point.
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pycnidium — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
- quarryman — a person who quarries stone; quarrier.
- quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- querimony — a complaint
- ramanujan — Srinivasa [shree-ni-vah-suh,, sree-] /ˈʃri nɪˈvɑ sə,, ˈsri-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1920, Indian mathematician.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- reddendum — a legal clause specifying what shall be given in return for the granting of a lease
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.