9-letter words containing m, e, t, r, y
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- keystream — (cryptography) A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- manometry — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meliority — superiority.
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- mesentery — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- moneywort — a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
- monterrey — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- myenteric — Relating to or denoting a plexus of nerves of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems situated between and supplying the two layers of muscle in the small intestine.
- myricetin — (organic compound) A particular flavonol, found in many vegetables etc., that has antioxidant and other therapeutic properties.
- myristate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- mysteries — Plural form of mystery.
- mysterium — (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
- mystifier — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- necrotomy — Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- normocyte — an erythrocyte of normal size.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- perimetry — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.