9-letter words containing t, e, r, i, c
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dictature — dictatorship
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- directrix — Geometry. a fixed line used in the description of a curve or surface.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- dissector — to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- doctrines — Plural form of doctrine.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- drift ice — detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecotarian — An ecotarian is a person who eats only food that has been produced in a way that does not harm the environment.
- ectocrine — a substance that is released by an organism into the external environment and influences the development, behaviour, etc, of members of the same or different species
- ectomeric — Of, or relating to an ectomere- any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms.
- ectropion — A condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- electrics — All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system.
- electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
- electrize — To electrify.
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- emergetic — Relating to emergy.
- encrinite — (in the US) a sedimentary rock formed almost exclusively from the skeletal plates of crinoids
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- energetic — Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
- entricate — Alternative form of intricate.
- epicenter — The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicentre — (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicritic — (of certain nerve fibres of the skin) serving to perceive and distinguish fine variations of temperature or touch
- eradicant — something that eradicates
- eradicate — Destroy completely; put an end to.
- erections — Plural form of erection.
- eristical — Obsolete form of eristic.
- eroticise — Alternative spelling of eroticize.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- eroticist — one who indulges in eroticism