9-letter words containing m, e, t, a
- algometry — a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure.
- alignment — An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
- alimental — Supplying food; nourishing.
- alinement — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- allayment — an abatement, moderation or alleviation
- allometry — the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- almandite — almandine.
- altimeter — An altimeter is an instrument in an aircraft that shows the height of the aircraft above the ground.
- altimetre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter.
- altimetry — the science of measuring altitudes, as with an altimeter
- aluminate — a salt of the ortho or meta acid forms of aluminium hydroxide containing the ions AlO2– or AlO33–
- aluminite — a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO 4)(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)
- amalthaea — the goat that nurses Zeus (Jupiter): one of its horns is called the cornucopia
- amaritude — Bitterness.
- amassment — the act of amassing
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- amazement — Amazement is the feeling you have when something surprises you very much.
- amazonite — a green variety of microcline used as a gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- amberlite — various insoluble cross-linked polymers used in water-treatment processes and in pharmacy
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambiguate — To make a situation or something more ambiguous.
- ambrotype — an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- amendment — An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
- amenhotep — name of four kings of Egypt who ruled during the 16th, 15th, & 14th cent. b.c.
- amenities — useful or pleasant facilities or services
- ameristic — not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- ames test — a method of preliminary screening for carcinogens, based on their ability to cause mutations in bacteria
- amethysts — Plural form of amethyst.
- ametropia — loss of ability to focus images on the retina, caused by an imperfection in the refractive function of the eye
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- amnesties — Plural form of amnesty.
- amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
- amourette — a brief affair or an affair that is insignificant to oneself
- ampholyte — an amphoteric electrolyte
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- ampullate — Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
- amputated — Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.