9-letter words that end in orm
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- gemmiform — shaped like a bud.
- glassworm — arrowworm.
- glow-worm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
- graniform — Formed from or like corn.
- guttiform — shaped like a drop.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- inconform — (obsolete) unconformable.
- jointworm — the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, especially of the genus Harmolita, that feeds within the stems of grasses, often causing a gall near the first joint.
- keto form — the form of tautomeric compounds when they are ketones rather than enols
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- libriform — (of a fibre of woody tissue) elongated and having a pitted thickened cell wall
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- liquiform — Resembling a liquid.
- long-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by stories or essays that are several thousand words long, typically combining factual reporting with a narrative and empathetic style: A long-form article can illuminate and humanize your subject.
- macroform — an image or reproduction, as of a document, in a size that permits reading or viewing with the naked eye.
- mammiform — having the shape of a breast
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- microform — any form, either film or paper, containing microreproductions.
- misinform — to give false or misleading information to.
- mitriform — shaped like the miter of a bishop.
- multiform — having many different shapes, forms, or kinds.
- mummiform — Having the shape of a mummy.
- musciform — (botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- prereform — of the period before reform
- proreform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- reconform — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- reperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- roundworm — any nematode, especially Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals.
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- screwworm — the larva of any of certain flies of the genus Callitroga, which sometimes infests wounds and the nose and navel of domestic animals and humans.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.