9-letter words containing ama
- dramamine — dimenhydrinate
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- endamages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endamage.
- famagusta — a seaport on the E coast of Cyprus, on an inlet of the Mediterranean: castle; large cathedral (now a mosque).
- gamahuche — to practise cunnilingus or fellatio on
- glutamate — a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- grandmama — Alternative spelling of grandmamma.
- guamanian — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- hamadryad — Classical Mythology. a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- hamamatsu — a city on S central Honshu, in central Japan.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamantash — hamantasch.
- hamartoma — (pathology) A benign mass of disorganized tissue.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- jigamaree — a trick or manoeuvre
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kamarhati — a city in West Bengal state, in NE India, a suburb of Kolkata.
- khamaseen — A cyclonic type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
- khansamah — a native house steward or butler.
- lamartine — Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- matsuyama — a seaport on NW Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- minidrama — A short drama, such as a brief theatrical or cinematic piece.
- monodrama — a dramatic piece for only one performer.
- myriorama — a picture comprising a number of different parts which can be rearranged to form different scenes
- namas kar — a salutation used in India
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- obamacare — a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- paramatta — a light, twilled dress fabric, having a silk or cotton warp and a woolen weft.
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- pranayama — (in yoga) the art of breath control, practised as an aid to concentration
- quamashes — Plural form of quamash.
- 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.
- salamanca — a city in W Spain: university; Wellington's defeat of the French, 1812.
- 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.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.