9-letter words containing t, u, m, e
- stem rust — any of several fungal diseases of plants affecting the stems, especially a disease of wheat and other grasses characterized by pustules of red and then black spores.
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stomodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the oral region of a young embryo, which develops into the mouth and oral cavity.
- stud mare — a female horse kept for breeding
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subsystem — a secondary or subordinate system.
- summative — additive.
- summerset — to perform a somersault.
- summiteer — a participant in a summit meeting.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- supertram — a tram with greater capacity and speed than conventional trams
- surmaster — the deputy headmaster of St Paul's School in London
- surmullet — a goatfish, especially one of the European species used for food.
- sweet gum — a tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters.
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- tegmentum — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- temulence — drunkenness
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- terrarium — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- the forum — the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills
- the glums — gloomy feelings
- theme pub — A theme pub is a pub that has been decorated and furnished in a style that is often based on a particular country or type of activity.
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- time fuse — a fuse designed to burn for a given time, esp to explode a bomb
- time suck — something that takes up too much of one's time: Social media is addictive and a huge time suck when I should be studying.
- timenoguy — a taut rope on a ship used to prevent the tangling of lines and riggings
- tormentum — an ancient Roman catapult- like war weapon
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- tremorous — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- tremulant — trembling; tremulous.
- tremulate — to make a tremulous sound
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tridentum — ancient name of Trent, Italy.
- triennium — a period of three years.
- trimerous — Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.