9-letter words containing m, e, t, r
- extremism — The holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism.
- extremist — A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, esp. one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
- extremity — The furthest point or limit of something.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- farcemeat — forcemeat.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- farm team — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farmstead — a farm together with its buildings.
- fermented — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- fermenter — A container in which fermentation takes place.
- fermentor — The vessel in which fermentation takes place.
- fimbriate — Also, fimbriated. Botany, Zoology. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.
- firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
- firmament — the vault of heaven; sky.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- firstname — given name.
- flextimer — a person who works flexitime
- flowmeter — an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- footframe — a rigid midsole molded into the back part of a shoe or boot, adding stability.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- foremasts — Plural form of foremast.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- formatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- formatter — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- fort myer — a military reservation in N Virginia, N of Alexandria.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- fragments — Plural form of fragment.
- framerate — Alternative form of frame rate.
- fremantle — a seaport in SW Australia, near Perth.
- frenotomy — The surgical cutting of the frenum.
- freshment — (obsolete) freshment.
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- full term — completion
- full-term — of or noting the entire duration of normal pregnancy.
- furniment — the state or quality of being furnished
- game tree — (games) A tree representing contingencies in a game. Each node in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching ("edge" in graph terms) represents a possible move.
- gamesters — Plural form of gamester.
- garmented — (poetic) Wearing a garment; attired.
- gas meter — an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.
- gasometer — an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.