9-letter words containing m, e, t, a
- asterisms — Plural form of asterism.
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- asymmetry — Asymmetry is the appearance that something has when its two sides or halves are different in shape, size, or style.
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- at a time — You say at a time after an amount to say how many things or how much of something is involved in one action, place, or group.
- at market — at the current price
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- athematic — not based on themes
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- athletism — The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
- atmometer — an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- attempted — An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
- automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autometer — a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- autotimer — a device for turning a system on and off automatically at times predetermined by advance setting
- auxometer — an instrument measuring the magnifying power of lenses
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- away team — a team playing away from its home ground.
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bandmates — Plural form of bandmate.
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.