9-letter words containing m, a, t, e
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- octameter — consisting of eight measures or feet.
- omittance — The act of omitting something.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ostomates — Plural form of ostomate.
- 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.
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outmanage — (transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
- outmanned — Simple past tense and past participle of outman.
- outmantle — to be better dressed than
- outmaster — to surpass
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- 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.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- palmately — radiating from a central point
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmitate — a salt or ester of palmitic acid.
- pampootie — a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- parameter — formal argument
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- parlement — parliament.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- passament — passement.
- passement — a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peacetime — a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
- peak time — prime time.
- peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pegmatite — a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
- pentagram — a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- perma-tan — a permanent year-round suntan
- permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- permatemp — a temporary or freelance worker who accepts a series of short-term assignments, thereby continuing on a long-term basis without the benefits of a permanent employee.
- permeated — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permeator — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.