9-letter words containing t, e, n, a, r
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strangles — distemper1 (def 1b).
- stranraer — a market town in SW Scotland, in W Dumfries and Galloway: fishing port with a ferry service to Northern Ireland. Pop: 10 851 (2001)
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- tailender — a person at the tail end, esp (in cricket) the batter or batters last in the batting order
- tamerlane — (Timur Lenk) 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tanagrine — of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.
- tangerine — Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- tankering — a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- taper pin — a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge
- taperness — the state or quality of being a taper or tapered
- tara vine — a leafy, woody vine, Actinidia arguta, of Japan and eastern Asia, having white flowers and yellowish, sweet, edible fruit.
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- targeting — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tarkenton — Francis Asbury ("Fran") born 1940, U.S. football player.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tarriance — delay.
- tartarean — of or relating to Tartarus; infernal.
- tartiness — the condition or characteristic of being tarty
- tattering — a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- teagarden — Weldon John [wel-dn] /ˈwɛl dn/ (Show IPA), ("Jack") 1905–64, U.S. jazz trombonist and singer.
- tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tear into — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tearstain — a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tenderman — any member of the crew of a vessel engaged in conveying fish from a trap or pound to the shore.
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- tentmaker — a person who makes tents.
- tentorial — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- tenurable — related to an academic post carrying tenure
- teratogen — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terebrant — a hymenopterous insect that bores holes for depositing eggs
- termagant — a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- terracing — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- tervalent — trivalent.
- tetracene — naphthacene.
- tetrazene — either of two isomeric compounds with the formula N 4 H 4 , known only in the form of their derivatives.
- texarkana — a city in NE Texas.
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- the raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.