9-letter words containing m, e, t, r
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hermitess — A female hermit.
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hermitize — To isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
- herriment — the act of plundering
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hodometer — Dated form of odometer.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homefront — Alternative form of home front.
- homotherm — homoiotherm.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- ideomotor — of or relating to involuntary motor activity caused by an idea. Compare sensorimotor (def 1).
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- immatured — Not having matured.
- immigrate — to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
- immixture — the act of immixing.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- importers — Plural form of importer.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- imprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
- imprinter — a person or thing that imprints.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- incremate — (transitive) To cremate.
- increment — something added or gained; addition; increase.
- inmigrate — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- innermost — farthest inward; inmost.
- intercome — (intransitive) To intervene; interpose; interfere.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.