9-letter words containing a, c, e, r, t
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- apheretic — Standard spelling of aphaeretic.
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- applecart — a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- architect — An architect is a person who designs buildings.
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- arctogaea — a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions
- arcuately — In an arcuate way.
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- artefacts — Plural form of artefact.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- artificer — a skilled craftsman
- artifices — Plural form of artifice.
- ascerbate — Misspelling of acerbate.
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- at source — at the point of origin
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.