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9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, r

  • teiresias — a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
  • teleosaur — a type of crocodile from the Jurassic period
  • teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
  • teratosis — teratism (def 2).
  • tessellar — of or relating to tessellae
  • tesseract — the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.
  • tessitura — the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition: an uncomfortably high tessitura.
  • test card — a complex pattern used to test the characteristics of a television transmission system
  • testatrix — a woman who makes a will.
  • the races — a series of contests of speed between horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at prearranged times; a race meeting
  • the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
  • the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
  • theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
  • theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
  • therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
  • thesaural — relating to a thesaurus
  • thesaurus — a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
  • timesaver — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
  • tornadoes — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
  • traceless — having or leaving no trace: a traceless crime.
  • trackless — without a track, as a snow-covered meadow.
  • trackside — located next to a railroad track.
  • tradesman — a person engaged in trade.
  • tragedies — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
  • trailside — the side or border of a trail.
  • train set — a toy train, together with the track that it runs on, toy station, etc
  • trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
  • traitress — a woman who is a traitor.
  • tramlines — streetcar track
  • trans-use — (language)   An early system on the IBM 1130.
  • transaxle — a unit combining the transmission and differential of a motor vehicle and connected directly to the axles of the driving wheels.
  • transcend — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transcode — (language)   An early system on the Ferut computer.
  • transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
  • transenna — (in early Christian architecture) an openwork screen of stone or metal enclosing a shrine.
  • transeunt — (of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
  • transfect — to cause transfection in (a cell).
  • transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
  • transgene — a gene that is transferred from an organism of one species to an organism of another species by genetic engineering
  • transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
  • transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
  • transited — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
  • translate — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
  • transmute — change into another form
  • transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
  • transvest — to wear clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex
  • trapezist — a trapeze artist
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