9-letter words containing e, t, c, r, a
- metrician — a metrist.
- 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.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- 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
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- miscreate — miscreated.
- motorcade — a procession or parade of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- narcotine — An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nectareal — of, relating to, or resembling nectar
- nectarean — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nectaried — having a nectary or nectaries
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarine — a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nectarize — to mix or saturate with nectar.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- obcordate — heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- octameter — consisting of eight measures or feet.
- one-acter — a short play consisting of one act.
- one-track — having only one track.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outercoat — coat (def 1).
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overacted — Simple past tense and past participle of overact.
- overactor — Someone who overacts.
- overacute — excessively acute
- overcasts — Plural form of overcast.
- overcatch — to overtake
- overcoats — Plural form of overcoat.
- overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overreact — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overteach — to teach too much