9-letter words containing r, i, m, l
- silymarin — an antioxidant flavonoid found in milk thistle
- similarly — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- sommelier — a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- sour milk — milk that has spoiled
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- stillroom — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- summarily — in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
- tamarillo — the edible, plumlike fruit of a tree, Cyphomandra betacea, of the nightshade family, native to the Peruvian Andes.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- thirlmere — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
- tillerman — a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- tiltmeter — an instrument used to measure slight changes in the inclination of the earth's surface, usually in connection with volcanology and earthquake seismology.
- tormentil — a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing.
- trail man — a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd.
- trail mix — gorp.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tramlined — having tramlines
- tramlines — streetcar track
- treadmill — an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
- trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
- tremolite — a white or grayish variety of amphibole, Ca 2 Mg 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2 , usually occurring in bladed crystals.
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
- trim rail — the lower row of pins or cleats on a pin rail, used for tying off or fastening lines after lowering scenery into position.
- trimethyl — having three methyl groups
- trinomial — Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- trionymal — having a name that consists of three separate parts
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- tularemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- turmaline — tourmaline.
- umbratile — shadowy; shady
- uniformly — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- unrealism — abstractionism or a representation lacking a direct relation to a tangible or concrete object
- unsimilar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- verapamil — a white crystalline powder, C 27 H 38 N 2 O 4 , used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina and certain arrhythmias.
- verbalism — a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.
- vermicule — a small, wormlike structure.
- vermilion — a town in N Ohio.
- vermilled — coloured vermilion