9-letter words containing t, e, a, m
- gain time — delay sth for advantage
- gall mite — a mite of the family Eriophyidae that feeds on plant juices, damaging buds, leaves, and twigs and causing galls and other deformities.
- game tree — (games) A tree representing contingencies in a game. Each node in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching ("edge" in graph terms) represents a possible move.
- gamesters — Plural form of gamester.
- garmented — (poetic) Wearing a garment; attired.
- gas meter — an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.
- gasometer — an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- gastraeum — the underside of the body, especially of a bird
- gem state — Idaho (used as a nickname).
- geminated — Simple past tense and past participle of geminate.
- geminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geminate.
- gemmation — reproduction by gemmae.
- gemmative — relating to gemmation
- gentleman — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- geomantic — Of or relating to geomancy.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- germanate — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion GeO44- derived from germanium; any salt containing this ion.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- gintleman — (Irish) eye dialect of gentleman.
- glazement — a waterproof glaze for a masonry wall.
- glomerate — compactly clustered.
- glutamate — a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- gothamite — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- guatemala — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- haematein — a dark purple water-insoluble crystalline substance obtained from logwood and used as an indicator and biological stain. Formula: C16H12O6
- haematite — (chiefly UK) alternative spelling of hematite.
- haematoid — resembling blood
- haematoma — Alternative form of hematoma.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamfatter — a second-rate or ineffectual actor
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammertoe — a clawlike deformity of a toe, usually the second or third, in which there is a permanent flexion of the second and third joints.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.