9-letter words containing m, a, t, e
- petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- pia mater — the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- place mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- place-mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- placement — the act of placing.
- platemark — hallmark.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- preformat — to format in advance
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premarket — of the period before a product is available
- premature — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- primitiae — the first fruits of the harvest
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- 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.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- quaesitum — something that is sought; the solution to a problem
- rabatment — the act of rotating a plane to align it with another
- racemates — Plural form of racemate.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- rat tamer — a psychologist or psychiatrist
- ratemeter — a device for counting the rate of a particular event, esp for measuring the intensity of radiation
- ravelment — entanglement; confusion.
- real time — If something is done in real time, there is no noticeable delay between the action and its effect or consequence.
- real-time — of or relating to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.
- reanimate — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- reattempt — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- rembrandt — (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or van Ryn) 1606–69, Dutch painter.
- remediate — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.