9-Letter Words Containing: M,P,A,H

• An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.

• to stress, single out as important

• give extra weight to (a communication)

• be understanding of

• the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)

• an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

• a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

• large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

• scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)

• the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life

• small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates

• Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.

• any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus