9-letter words containing ome
- kinswomen — Plural form of kinswoman.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- leptosome — a person of asthenic build.
- leucotome — an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- liposomes — Plural form of liposome.
- lissomely — In a lissome manner; with supple grace.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- loxodrome — rhumb line.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lysosomes — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- macrodome — a dome the faces of which are parallel to the greater lateral axis.
- macromere — one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- mailwomen — Plural form of mailwoman.
- manometer — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- manometry — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- melpomene — the Muse of tragedy.
- meromelia — A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.
- mesosomes — Plural form of mesosome.
- metacomet — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- metronome — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- micromere — a small blastomere, as one of those that form toward the animal pole in embryos that undergo unequal cleavage or those that occur in the embryo of mammals.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- milometer — An odometer graduated in miles.
- misbecome — to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.
- misnomers — Plural form of misnomer.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- momentoes — memento.
- momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- momentums — Plural form of momentum.
- monomeric — a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer.
- monometer — a line of verse of one measure or foot.
- monostome — having a single mouth, pore, or stoma.
- motorhome — a small bus or trucklike vehicle with a roomlike area behind the driver's seat outfitted as living quarters.
- nanometer — one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- nanometre — An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm.
- near home — concerning one deeply
- newcomers — Plural form of newcomer.
- newswomen — Plural form of newswoman.