9-letter words containing m, a, t, e
- sweetmeat — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- tablemate — someone with whom one shares a dining table
- tagmemics — a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- take arms — go to war
- take form — be shaped
- talk time — a prepaid amount of minutes or hours on a mobile phone bill agreement, etc
- tallmadge — a city in NE Ohio.
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour
- tamerlane — (Timur Lenk) 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- tasimeter — a device for measuring small temperature changes. It depends on the changes of pressure resulting from expanding or contracting solids
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- taximeter — a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.
- tea maker — a perforated, spoonlike object used as a tea strainer and having a hinged, convex lid.
- tea money — (especially in parts of China) a bribe used to facilitate any business dealing.
- tea-maker — a perforated, spoonlike object used as a tea strainer and having a hinged, convex lid.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- team-mate — a member of the same team.
- teammates — a member of the same team.
- tear bomb — a bomb or grenade containing tear gas.
- tegmental — of or relating to the tegmentum
- teledrama — a drama written especially for broadcast on television.
- teleplasm — a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- temazepam — Temazepam is a drug that is used to make people feel calmer or less anxious.
- temperate — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- tenderman — any member of the crew of a vessel engaged in conveying fish from a trap or pound to the shore.
- tentmaker — a person who makes tents.
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- termagant — a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- termitary — termitarium.
- terraform — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- terramara — a lake dwelling or settlement of lake dwellings, especially those whose remains survive in mounds in the Po valley of N Italy.
- terrarium — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
- testament — Law. a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of one's personal property. will2 (def 8).
- tetragram — a word of four letters.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- the amish — the Amish people
- the madam — the lady of the house
- the mafia — an international secret organization founded in Sicily, probably in opposition to tyranny. It developed into a criminal organization and in the late 19th century was carried to the US by Italian immigrants
- the mains — the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
- the media — all the means of communication, as newspapers, radio, and TV, that provide the public with news, entertainment, etc., usually along with advertising
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small