9-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- antwackie — old-fashioned
- anucleate — (of a cell) having no nucleus
- aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- appentice — penthouse (def 4).
- appetence — a natural craving or desire
- appetency — a strong desire; craving; appetite
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- aquagenic — (medicine, dermatology) Caused by contact with water.
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.
- archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
- archenemy — a chief enemy
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
- arrivance — the action or state of arriving
- arrogance — the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- asemantic — not semantic
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- audiencia — a high court, found in South America during the colonial period
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- back nine — the holes of a golf course numbered 10 through 18, regarded as a unit
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backbench — A backbench MP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
- backbends — Plural form of backbend.