9-letter words containing t, u, m, l
- dilithium — A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- emaculate — (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
- emolument — A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
- emulating — Present participle of emulate.
- emulation — The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
- emulative — Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
- emulators — Plural form of emulator.
- flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- fomalhaut — a star of the first magnitude and the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- frustulum — a small breakfast permitted on fast days.
- full term — completion
- full-term — of or noting the entire duration of normal pregnancy.
- full-time — working or operating the customary number of hours in each day, week, or month: a full-time housekeeper; full-time production. Compare part-time.
- fulminant — occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
- fulminate — to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- gemutlich — comfortable and pleasant; cozy.
- glutamate — a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- goalmouth — the area between the goalposts directly in front of the goal in certain games, as soccer, lacrosse, and hockey.
- guatemala — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guillemet — one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
- guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- humiliant — humiliating, humbling
- humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- immutable — not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- joliotium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for dubnium.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- lanthanum — a rare-earth, trivalent, metallic element, allied to aluminum, found in certain minerals, as monazite. Symbol: La; atomic weight: 138.91; atomic number: 57; specific gravity: 6.15 at 20°C.
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- leucotome — an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- lift pump — a pump in which a liquid is lifted rather than forced up from below.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- loudmouth — a loudmouthed person.