9-letter words containing a, t, r, m
- cormorant — A cormorant is a type of dark-coloured bird with a long neck. Cormorants usually live near the sea and eat fish.
- cosmocrat — a ruler of the world
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- craftsman — A craftsman is a man who makes things skilfully with his hands.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- cream tea — In Britain, a cream tea is an afternoon meal that consists of tea to drink and small cakes called scones that are eaten with jam and cream. Cream teas are served in places such as tea shops.
- creamiest — Superlative form of creamy.
- cremaster — the muscle which raises and lowers the testicles
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- crewmates — Plural form of crewmate.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data mart — (database) A type of data warehouse designed primarily to address a specific function or department's needs, as opposed to a data warehouse which is traditionally meant to address the needs of the organisation from an enterprise perspective. In addition, a data mart often uses aggregation or summarisation of the data to enhance query performance. However, it is important to maintain the ability to access the underlying base data to enable drill-down analysis as necessary.
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- dekameter — ten meters, or one tenth of a hectometer (32.808 feet): abbrev. dam
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dirt farm — a tract of land on which a dirt farmer works.
- dithyramb — a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
- dogmatory — dogmatic