9-letter words containing t, u, m, e
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- premature — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- prompture — prompting
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- quaesitum — something that is sought; the solution to a problem
- quercetum — a group of oak trees
- quicktime — (graphics, standard, file format, product) Apple Computer's software for playing audio and video. The QuickTime application is a free media player. QuickTime Pro is a paid-for version with editing ability. QuickTime's native format for audio and video is .mov but it can handle many others.
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- remixture — a thing that has been mixed again
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- rust mite — any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.
- 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.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- schmutter — cloth or clothing
- scummiest — consisting of or having scum.
- scutellum — Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- set scrum — the act or method of restarting play after an infringement, called by the referee, when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- smell out — dog: detect by sniffing
- smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.