9-letter words containing t, i, m, n
- ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- sarmatian — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- scientism — the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- semantide — a type of molecule found in all cells, which changes slowly over time
- sentiment — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- septimana — a week.
- sightsman — a tourist guide
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- simeonite — a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- simionato — Giulietta [joo-lyet-tah] /dʒuˈlyɛt tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–2010, Italian mezzo-soprano.
- 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.
- simonists — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- sitomania — abnormal craving for food.
- sixteenmo — Also called sextodecimo. a book size (about 4×6 in.; 10×15 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages.
- sixth man — a team's best substitute.
- smithtown — a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- something — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- songsmith — a writer of songs.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- staminate — having a stamen or stamens.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- steinmetz — Charles Proteus [proh-tee-uh s] /ˈproʊ ti əs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1923, U.S. electrical engineer, born in Germany.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stymieing — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- summiting — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- symbionts — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- symington — (William) Stuart, 1901–1988, U.S. politician: senator 1952–77.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tantalism — a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus
- tarantism — a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula.
- tasmanian — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.