9-letter words containing n, e, t, m
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- sternmost — farthest aft.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- strewment — something strewed or intended for strewing, as flowers.
- stymieing — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- tamerlane — (Timur Lenk) 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- tea money — (especially in parts of China) a bribe used to facilitate any business dealing.
- tectonism — diastrophism (def 1).
- teemingly — in a productive or teeming manner
- tegmental — of or relating to the tegmentum
- tegmentum — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants
- teknonymy — the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child.
- teleonomy — Biology. the principle that the body's structures and functions serve an overall purpose, as in assuring the survival of the organism.
- tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- temulence — drunkenness
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- tenderman — any member of the crew of a vessel engaged in conveying fish from a trap or pound to the shore.
- tenebrism — a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
- tenements — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- tentmaker — a person who makes tents.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- termagant — a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- terminism — philosophical nominalism
- terminist — someone who accepts the doctrine of terminism
- termiting — the poking of a twig down the opening of a termite's nest, performed by certain chimpanzees to collect termites for food.
- testament — Law. a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of one's personal property. will2 (def 8).
- testimony — Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- the mains — the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
- the minch — a channel of the Atlantic divided into the North Minch between the mainland of Scotland and the Isle of Lewis, and the Little Minch between the Isle of Skye and Harris and North Uist
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- thelement — an archaic contraction of the element
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- theomania — a delusional mental illness in which a person believes himself or herself to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
- thymidine — a nucleoside, C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 , containing thymine and deoxyribose, that is a constituent of DNA.
- tillerman — a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- timbering — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timberman — a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- time note — a note payable within a specified number of days after it is presented.
- time span — duration, period
- time zone — one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England.
- time-worn — worn or impaired by time.