9-letter words containing a, s, m, p
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- jump pass — a pass in which a player leaps into the air and throws the ball to a teammate before returning to the ground.
- jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
- jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- lampstand — a support for a light bulb
- liposomal — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- magmalisp — (language) The predecessor of Magma2.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- maladapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maladapt.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.