9-letter words containing tr
- latrociny — banditry
- lead tree — any of several tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, especially L. glauca, having pinnate leaves and white flowers.
- letrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- lime tree — a linden or basswood.
- lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- lustrious — Fantastic; amazing; splendid.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- magnetron — a two-element vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is under the influence of an external magnetic field, used to generate extremely short radio waves.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- maistring — ruling or subduing
- maitre d' — maître d'hôtel (defs 1–3).
- maltreats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maltreat.
- 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.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- matrixing — an electronic method of processing quadraphonic sound for recording in a two-channel form, for reconversion to four channels when played back.
- matronage — the state of being a matron.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mediatrix — a woman who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megatrend — a major trend or movement.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- mellotron — a synthesizer that plays a prerecorded sound, stored on tape, when a key is pressed
- menstrate — Misspelling of menstruate.
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- menstruum — a solvent.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metestrus — the luteal phase of the reproductive cycle in mammalian females, occurring after ovulation and characterized by development of the corpus luteum, increased progesterone secretion, and decreased estrogen secretion.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- metricate — Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.
- metrician — a metrist.
- metricise — study metre of poetry
- metricism — the study of metrics
- metricize — to express in terms of the metric system.
- metridium — any sea anemone of the genus Metridium, common in cooler waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
- metrified — Simple past tense and past participle of metrify.
- metrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metrify.