9-letter words containing a, c, e, t, i
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interlace — progressive coding
- interrace — interracial
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- invacuate — To confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- invocated — invoke.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- italicise — to print in italic type.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- levitical — of or relating to the Levites.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- maieutics — the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- masticate — Chew (food).