9-letter words containing met
- emetology — (medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
- emmetrope — A person with emmetropia, perfect vision.
- entremets — A light dish served between two courses of a formal meal.
- ergometer — An apparatus that measures work or energy expended during a period of physical exercise.
- ergometry — Measurement with an ergometer.
- eriometer — a device for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibres
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- flowmeter — an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- gas meter — an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.
- gasometer — an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- geometers — Plural form of geometer.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- grommeted — Machinery. any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like. an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
- grummeted — grommeted, or having grommets
- guillemet — one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
- gun-metal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- hazemeter — transmissometer.
- helmeting — the wearing or provision of a helmet
- hermetics — alchemy
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- hodometer — Dated form of odometer.
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- hot metal — metallic type and printing elements produced by a casting machine; foundry type.
- hymettian — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- isogamete — one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- kecskemet — a city in central Hungary.
- kilometer — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometre — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- manometer — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- manometry — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.