9-letter words containing c, e, m, t, r
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- excrement — Waste matter discharged from the bowels; feces.
- farcemeat — forcemeat.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- gyrectomy — excision of a cerebral gyrus.
- heart cam — Machinery. a cam with a single lobe having the general shape of a heart.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hermetics — alchemy
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- incremate — (transitive) To cremate.
- increment — something added or gained; addition; increase.
- intercome — (intransitive) To intervene; interpose; interfere.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- macerated — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macerates — Plural form of macerate.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- mercurate — Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.