9-letter words containing i, n, e, r, t, a
- runcinate — (of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- starshine — starlight
- stationer — a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- stingaree — a stingray.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- tailender — a person at the tail end, esp (in cricket) the batter or batters last in the batting order
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tanagrine — of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.
- tangerine — Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- tankering — a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- taper pin — a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge
- tara vine — a leafy, woody vine, Actinidia arguta, of Japan and eastern Asia, having white flowers and yellowish, sweet, edible fruit.
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- targeting — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tarriance — delay.
- tartiness — the condition or characteristic of being tarty
- tattering — a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- tear into — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tearstain — a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tentorial — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- terracing — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- therezina — former name of Teresina.