9-letter words containing t, e, r, i, c
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metameric — Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology. consisting of metameres. pertaining to metamerism.
- metricate — Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.
- metrician — a metrist.
- metricise — study metre of poetry
- metricism — the study of metrics
- metricize — to express in terms of the metric system.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- minecraft — a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.
- mira ceti — a binary star one component of which, a red supergiant, is a long-period variable with an average period of 332 days
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- miscreate — miscreated.
- miscredit — (transitive) To discredit.
- misdirect — to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- misrecite — To recite erroneously.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- myenteric — Relating to or denoting a plexus of nerves of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems situated between and supplying the two layers of muscle in the small intestine.
- myricetin — (organic compound) A particular flavonol, found in many vegetables etc., that has antioxidant and other therapeutic properties.
- narcotine — An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- necrotise — to undergo necrosis.
- necrotize — to undergo necrosis.
- nectaried — having a nectary or nectaries
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarine — a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nectarize — to mix or saturate with nectar.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- neutronic — (physics) Involving neutrons.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.