9-letter words containing t, a, l, m, e
- remnantal — of or relating to a remnant
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- segmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semimetal — an element with properties both of a metal and of a non-metal; a metalloid
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- stampless — without a stamp
- steamless — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- streamlet — a small stream; rivulet.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- tablemate — someone with whom one shares a dining table
- talk time — a prepaid amount of minutes or hours on a mobile phone bill agreement, etc
- tallmadge — a city in NE Ohio.
- tamerlane — (Timur Lenk) 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- tegmental — of or relating to the tegmentum
- teledrama — a drama written especially for broadcast on television.
- teleplasm — a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- tillerman — a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- time lamp — an oil lamp of the 17th and 18th centuries, burning at a fixed rate and having a reservoir graduated in units of time.
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- timetable — a schedule showing the times at which railroad trains, airplanes, etc., arrive and depart.
- toolmaker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- tramlined — having tramlines
- tramlines — streetcar track
- trammeled — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- 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.
- tremblant — (of jewels) set in such a way that they shake when the wearer moves
- tremolant — having a tremulous or vibrating tone, as certain pipes of an organ.
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.