9-letter words containing r, e, m, i
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rhythmize — to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
- rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- roominess — affording ample room; spacious; large.
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- rovaniemi — a city in N Finland, near the Arctic Circle.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- rust mite — any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.
- ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- screaming — uttering screams.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- semainier — a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- semi arid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semi-arid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semibreve — a note half the length of a breve; whole note.
- semicured — partly cured or preserved
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semierect — partly erect
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- semiramis — a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.
- semirigid — not fully rigid; partly rigid.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septiform — sevenfold
- serialism — twelve-tone technique.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.