9-letter words containing e, m, a, n, t
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- haematein — a dark purple water-insoluble crystalline substance obtained from logwood and used as an indicator and biological stain. Formula: C16H12O6
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- haptonema — In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hatchment — a square tablet, set diagonally, bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person.
- heat-moon — William Least [leest] /list/ (Show IPA), (William Trogden) born 1939, U.S. writer.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- hetmanate — the authority, rule, or domain of a hetman.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- hymettian — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impennate — (zoology) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- in tandem — If one thing happens or is done in tandem with another thing, the two things happen at the same time.
- inanimate — not animate; lifeless.
- inclimate — Misspelling of inclement.
- incremate — (transitive) To cremate.
- inmigrate — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- inpayment — a sum of money paid into a bank account
- intermale — occurring between males
- intermate — To mate with a member of another species or group.
- intimated — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- intimates — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
- ketonemia — the presence of ketone bodies in the blood.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- lamartine — Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lamenting — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- last name — surname (def 1).
- lemon tea — a hot drink that contains lemon juice or tastes of lemon
- lengthman — a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of road or railway line
- letterman — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- m-payment — a point-of-sale payment made through a wireless device such as a mobile phone or PDA