9-letter words containing a, c, e, r
- aminergic — (physiology) Activated by a biochemical amine.
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- 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
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- 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.
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- 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
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- arch head — a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.
- archabbey — An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation).
- archaeol. — archaeology
- archaized — Simple past tense and past participle of archaize.
- archaizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize.
- archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- 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
- archeress — a female archer
- 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.
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- archilowe — a treat, such as a drink, given in return for something
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- archimage — a great magician or wizard
- archimime — The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
- architect — An architect is a person who designs buildings.