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9-letter words containing m, a, t, e

  • tyremaker — a person or company that makes tyres
  • ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
  • umbellate — having or forming an umbel or umbels.
  • umbratile — shadowy; shady
  • un-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
  • unmatched — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
  • unmatured — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
  • unstamped — not having a postage stamp affixed
  • untamable — able to be tamed.
  • up-market — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
  • 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.
  • verminate — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
  • vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
  • vistadome — dome (def 7).
  • vitamin e — a pale-yellow viscous fluid, abundant in vegetable oils, whole-grain cereals, butter, and eggs, and important as an antioxidant in the deactivation of free radicals and in maintenance of the body's cell membranes: deficiency is rare.
  • vivamente — in a lively manner
  • wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
  • warm tone — a yellow, brown, olive, or reddish tinge in a black-and-white print.
  • water elm — planer tree.
  • water gum — any of several Australian trees of the myrtle family, growing near water.
  • watermark — a mark indicating the height to which water rises or has risen, as in a river or inlet.
  • watermeal — any of several tiny floating aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia.
  • watermill — A mill (for whatever purpose) powered by water.
  • watermint — Alternative spelling of water mint.
  • wattmeter — a calibrated instrument for measuring electric power in watts.
  • wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
  • wavemeter — a device for measuring the wavelength or frequency of a radio wave.
  • webmaster — a person who designs or maintains a website.
  • wehrmacht — the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
  • weightman — a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
  • westmeath — a county in Leinster in the N central Republic of Ireland. 681 sq. mi. (1765 sq. km). County seat: Mullingar.
  • wet dream — nocturnal emission.
  • wet steam — steam, usually low-pressure, that contains water droplets in suspension
  • wheatgerm — Wheatgerm is the middle part of a grain of wheat which is rich in vitamins and is often added to other food.
  • wheatmeal — a brown flour intermediate between white flour and wholemeal flour
  • wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
  • whitebeam — a European tree, Sorbus aria, of the rose family, having leathery leaves, showy, white flowers, and mealy, orange-red or scarlet fruit.
  • whitedamp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
  • workmates — Plural form of workmate.
  • xerostoma — an abnormal lack of saliva, dryness of the mouth
  • yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.
  • zeugmatic — the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
  • zoogamete — planogamete.
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