9-letter words containing m, e, t, r
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- demisters — Plural form of demister.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- depriment — Serving to depress.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- dermestid — any beetle of the family Dermestidae, whose members are destructive at both larval and adult stages to a wide range of stored organic materials such as wool, fur, feathers, and meat. They include the bacon (or larder), cabinet, carpet, leather, and museum beetles
- determent — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
- deuterium — a stable isotope of hydrogen, occurring in natural hydrogen (156 parts per million) and in heavy water: used as a tracer in chemistry and biology. Symbol: D or 2H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 2.014; boiling pt: –249.7°C
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- doomsters — Plural form of doomster.
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dosemeter — Alternative form of dosimeter.
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dotcommer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumettes — Plural form of drumette.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- earthworm — any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
- ectomeres — Plural form of ectomere.
- ectomeric — Of, or relating to an ectomere- any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.