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9-letter words containing m, e, r, i, t

  • spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
  • spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
  • spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
  • streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
  • submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • summiteer — a participant in a summit meeting.
  • swimmeret — (in many crustaceans) one of a number of abdominal limbs or appendages, usually adapted for swimming and for carrying eggs, as distinguished from other limbs adapted for walking or seizing.
  • symmetric — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • 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.
  • tectiform — having the shape of a roof.
  • tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
  • tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
  • temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • tenebrism — a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
  • tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
  • tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
  • terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
  • terminism — philosophical nominalism
  • terminist — someone who accepts the doctrine of terminism
  • termitary — termitarium.
  • termiting — the poking of a twig down the opening of a termite's nest, performed by certain chimpanzees to collect termites for food.
  • terrarium — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
  • terrorism — the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
  • the-miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
  • thermidor — Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
  • thermotic — of, related to or produced by heat
  • thirlmere — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
  • tillerman — a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
  • tiltmeter — an instrument used to measure slight changes in the inclination of the earth's surface, usually in connection with volcanology and earthquake seismology.
  • timbering — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
  • timberman — a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.
  • time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
  • time-poor — lacking spare time or leisure time
  • time-worn — worn or impaired by time.
  • timeframe — the period of time within which certain events are scheduled to occur
  • timesaver — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
  • timorsome — timorous; timid
  • tinkerman — a manager or coach who continually experiments by changing the personnel or formation of a team from game to game
  • tirewoman — a lady's maid.
  • tormentil — a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing.
  • tramlined — having tramlines
  • tramlines — streetcar track
  • trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
  • trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
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