9-letter words containing i, m, t, a, e
- meritable — Deserving of reward.
- mertensia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metabatic — Relating to metabasis.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metallide — to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal.
- metalline — metallic.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- metallist — a person who works with metals.
- metallize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metameric — Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology. consisting of metameres. pertaining to metamerism.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- metricate — Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.
- 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.
- midianite — a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- migmatite — a composite rock body containing two types of rock (esp igneous and metamorphic rock) that have interacted with each other but are nevertheless still distinguishable
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
- militance — (uncountable) The condition of being militant.
- militated — Simple past tense and past participle of militate.
- militates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate.
- miltiades — c540–488? b.c, Athenian general.
- mimetical — Alternative form of mimetic.
- mincemeat — a mixture composed of minced apples, suet, and sometimes meat, together with raisins, currants, candied citron, etc., for filling a pie.
- mindstate — A state of mind.
- minecraft — a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- ministate — a small, independent nation.
- minnesota — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- minuteman — (sometimes lowercase) a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
- 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.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misrelate — (transitive) To relate inaccurately.
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- misstated — Simple past tense and past participle of misstate.
- misstates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misstate.
- mistarget — To target incorrectly.
- mistreats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistreat.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- mitergate — (in a canal or the like) a lock gate having two leaves so made as to close at an angle pointing upstream.