9-letter words containing m, e, t, a
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- beat time — If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- blastemal — of or relating to blastema
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- breaktime — a period of rest or recreation, esp at school
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- camerated — vaulted
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- cartelism — the practice of forming cartels
- casemates — Plural form of casemate.
- casements — Plural form of casement.
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
- catamites — Plural form of catamite.
- catchment — In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground and collecting in a river. Catchment is also the water that is collected in this way.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.