9-letter words containing c, e, r, i, m, a
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- merrimack — a town in S New Hampshire.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metameric — Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology. consisting of metameres. pertaining to metamerism.
- metricate — Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.
- metrician — a metrist.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- mill-race — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- minecraft — a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.
- mira ceti — a binary star one component of which, a red supergiant, is a long-period variable with an average period of 332 days
- mischarge — (legal or, finance) To charge wrongly.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- miscreate — miscreated.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- nonameric — Of or pertaining to a nonamer.
- numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- reacclaim — to acclaim again
- reclaimer — to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- screaming — uttering screams.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- smiercase — any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- war crime — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.