9-letter words containing am
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- rood beam — a beam above the entrance to the choir or chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
- rotameter — an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- s & h — shipping and handling
- s & l — S & L is an abbreviation for savings and loan.
- s & m — S & M is an abbreviation for sado-masochism.
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- salamanca — a city in W Spain: university; Wellington's defeat of the French, 1812.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- sam adams — Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- sama-veda — one of the Samhitas, a collection of mantras and tunes used in connection with the Rig-Veda.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sameyness — the quality of being monotonous, repetitive, or unvaried
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- san ramon — a town in W California.
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- sciamachy — an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
- scramasax — a single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- screaming — uttering screams.
- sdr-sdram — Single Data Rate Random Access Memory
- sea bream — any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
- self-same — You use self-same when you want to emphasize that the person or thing mentioned is exactly the same as the one mentioned previously.
- semiramis — a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.
- shah alam — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- shamanism — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shamefast — shamefaced.
- shameless — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland