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