9-Letter Words Containing: I,R,T,Y

• surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

• The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.

• the property of being close together

• the region close around a person or thing

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit

• the body of citizens of a state or country

• torture and torment like a martyr

• the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

• recurring with measured regularity

• hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells