9-letter words containing e, a, t, r, y
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- quarterly — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- radiately — In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a centre.
- ratepayer — a person who pays a regular charge for the use of a public utility, as gas or electricity, usually based on the quantity consumed.
- ready-cut — (of wood, tiles, glass, etc) cut to size before being sold
- recyclate — material that is recyclable
- rehydrate — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- relatedly — associated; connected.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- rest easy — If you say that someone can rest easy, you mean that they don't need to worry about a particular situation.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- seed tray — a tray that once filled with soil or compost is used for planting seeds in
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.
- sergeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serjeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- servantry — servants collectively, esp the servants of a particular establishment as a body
- severalty — the state of being separate.
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- stagyrite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stay over — spend the night
- staymaker — a corset maker, a maker of stays
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- stewardry — the office or position of a steward or overseer
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- streamway — the bed of a stream.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- taylorite — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- tea party — a social gathering, usually in the afternoon, at which tea and light refreshments are served.
- tea-berry — the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- tear away — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- termitary — termitarium.
- tetralogy — a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.