I finally got 9! Once I managed to figure out the possible letters for the 9-letter word (thanks everyone who gave hints on here

), I tried to find a possible word-ending from the letters I knew were right. Not sure if that helps...but if you think about it, word endings aren't completely random, so there are only a limited number of possibilities.
And the word is mathematic...also used to describe the shape of some skis...
[hr] 'Red meat and a bottle of gin' - Julia Child's ultimate meal
Do those under a risk of death by metor run some thus-far indefinite risk of longrun meteorisation?
- David Bean