9-letter words containing am
- placename — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
- pranayama — (in yoga) the art of breath control, practised as an aid to concentration
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- programer — a person who writes code for computer programs.
- programme — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
- q & a — Q & A is a situation in which a person or group of people asks questions and another person or group of people answers them. Q & A is short for 'question and answer'.
- quamashes — Plural form of quamash.
- quickbeam — a rowan tree
- r & a — Royal and Ancient (Golf Club, St Andrews)
- r & b — rhythm and blues
- r & d — R & D refers to the research and development work or department within a large company or organization. R & D is an abbreviation for 'Research and Development.'
- r & r — R & R refers to time that you spend relaxing, when you are not working. R & R is an abbreviation for 'rest and recreation'.
- radiogram — a combination radio and record player.
- rakeshame — a shamefully dissolute person; rogue
- ram drive — RAM disk
- ram singh — 1816–85, Indian leader of a puritanical Sikh sect, the Kukas, who tried to remove the British from India through a policy of noncooperation
- ramamorph — any of a group of extinct Miocene apes of Europe, Asia, and Africa, characterized by large molars and small incisors and typified by the genera Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus.
- ramanujan — Srinivasa [shree-ni-vah-suh,, sree-] /ˈʃri nɪˈvɑ sə,, ˈsri-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1920, Indian mathematician.
- ramaphosa — (Matamela) Cyril. born 1952, South African statesman and trade unionist; secretary general of the ANC (1991–97); deputy president of South Africa from 2014
- ramat gan — a city in central Israel, near Tel Aviv.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- ramillies — a village in central Belgium: Marlborough's defeat of the French 1706.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- ramrodded — a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- ramses ii — 1292–1225 b.c, king of ancient Egypt.
- rat tamer — a psychologist or psychiatrist
- razorclam — type of mollusc with a long, narrow shell
- reamended — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- reexamine — to examine again.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- reprogram — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.