9-letter words containing r, e, c, o, m
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- embraceor — a person guilty of embracery
- embrocate — (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
- embryonic — Of or relating to an embryo.
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- encrimson — (transitive) To make crimson or redden.
- epicormic — (of a shoot or branch) growing from a previously dormant bud on the trunk or a limb of a tree.
- ergonomic — (especially of workplace design) intended to provide optimum comfort and to avoid stress or injury.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- exorcisms — Plural form of exorcism.
- fermionic — (physics) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fermions.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- 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.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formicide — A substance that kills ants.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- geomancer — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- gyrectomy — excision of a cerebral gyrus.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.
- homecomer — someone who is coming home
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- intercome — (intransitive) To intervene; interpose; interfere.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macgregor — Joanna (Clare). born 1959, British concert pianist and broadcaster; recordings include the "crossover" album Play (2001)
- macrocode — a single code that contains a set of instructions.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrodome — a dome the faces of which are parallel to the greater lateral axis.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macromere — one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage.