9-letter words containing m, a, t, r
- 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.
- remigrant — a person or thing that returns.
- remigrate — to migrate again, to migrate back, to return
- remnantal — of or relating to a remnant
- remontant — (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- rest mass — the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body.
- rhathymia — carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- rituximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- robot arm — A robot arm is a type of robot consisting of parts linked together in the same way as those of a human arm, mounted on a stand.
- rotameter — an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- rotor arm — the revolving arm of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- ruminator — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salometer — salinometer.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sarmatian — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- smart ass — If you describe someone as a smart ass, you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and like to show everyone this.
- smart mob — a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place typically for the purpose of social or political protest.
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant