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

• to stress, single out as important

• give extra weight to (a communication)

• 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

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

• a sudden uncontrollable attack

• a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease

• mark with or as if with pockmarks

• a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

• plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts