9-letter words containing h, a, r, m, t
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megathere — any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
- megatherm — a plant requiring a constant high temperature and abundant moisture for growth.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- miryachit — A disorder found in Siberia, characterized by a jumping motion.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mithraeum — a temple of Mithras.
- mithraism — an ancient Persian religion in which Mithras was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- nathemore — nevermore
- nightmare — a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- nightmary — (of a person) prone to having nightmares
- orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- 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.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- rhathymia — carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- tachogram — the record produced by the action of a tachometer.
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- third man — Cricket. the position of a fielder on the off side between slip and point. the fielder occupying this position.
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- thralldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- tomograph — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.
- wehrmacht — the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
- wheatgerm — Wheatgerm is the middle part of a grain of wheat which is rich in vitamins and is often added to other food.
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.