9-letter words containing m, a, t, e, y
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- staymaker — a corset maker, a maker of stays
- streamway — the bed of a stream.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- tea money — (especially in parts of China) a bribe used to facilitate any business dealing.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- termitary — termitarium.
- theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- toy maker — a person who makes objects that children play with, for example dolls or a model cars
- troy game — a solemn ritual performed at irregular intervals by the ancient Romans to signalize their alleged descent from the Trojans: notable for the interweaving labyrinthine maneuvers executed by youths on horseback.
- tyremaker — a person or company that makes tyres
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vaxectomy — (jargon) /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.