9-Letter Words That Start With: MATE

• the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

• the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

• the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

• derived from or composed of matter

• directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

• having material or physical form or substance

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• things needed for doing or making something

• a person judged suitable for admission or employment

• concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

• concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

• equipment and supplies of a military force

• highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock